Thesaurus:daytime

Thesaurus:daytime

THESAURUS

daytime

English

Sense: the period of ambient light between sunrise and sunset

NB: When the Sun is above the horizon.

Synonyms

• day    [WS]

• daylight

• daylength (biology)

• daytime

• photoperiod (biology)

• upsun (legal, Scotland)

Antonyms

• nighttime    [WS]

Hyponyms

• afternoon    [WS]

• evening    [WS]

• midday    [WS]

• morning    [WS]

Meronyms

• prime (historical, Christianity)

• terce, tierce (historical, Christianity)

• sext (historical, Christianity)

• nones, none (historical, Christianity)

Holonyms

• day    [WS]

Comeronyms

• nighttime    [WS]

• twilight    [WS]

Further reading

• “125. morning” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “daytime” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.