| night | (noun) darkness | - |
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| (noun) the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside | Synonyms: dark, nighttime |
| (noun) a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom | - |
| (noun) the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit | - |
| (noun) the time between sunset and midnight | - |
| (noun) the period spent sleeping | - |
| (noun) a shortening of nightfall | - |
| nightbird | (noun) a person who likes to be active late at night | Synonyms: night owl, nighthawk |
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| nightcap | (noun) the final game of a double header | - |
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| (noun) a cloth cap worn in bed | - |
| (noun) an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic | - |
| nightclothes | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightwear, sleepwear |
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| nightclub | (noun) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink | Synonyms: cabaret, club, night club, nightspot |
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| nightcrawler | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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| nightdress | (noun) lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women | Synonyms: gown, night-robe, nightgown, nightie |
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| nightfall | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, twilight |
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| nightgown | (noun) lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women | Synonyms: gown, night-robe, nightdress, nightie |
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| nighthawk | (noun) mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker | Synonyms: bullbat, mosquito hawk |
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| (noun) a person who likes to be active late at night | Synonyms: night owl, nightbird |
| nightie | (noun) lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women | Synonyms: gown, night-robe, nightdress, nightgown |
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| nightingale | (noun) European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song | Synonyms: Luscinia megarhynchos |
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| nightjar | (noun) mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects | Synonyms: caprimulgid, goatsucker |
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| nightlife | (noun) the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.) | Synonyms: night life |
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| (noun) the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion | Synonyms: night life |
| nightmare | (noun) a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream | - |
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| (noun) a situation resembling a terrifying dream | Synonyms: incubus |
| nightmarishness | (noun) The property of being extremely bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying; resembling a nightmare. | Synonyms: hellishness |
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| nightrider | (noun) member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge | Synonyms: night rider |
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| nightshade | (noun) any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit | - |
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| nightshirt | (noun) nightclothes worn by men | - |
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| nightspot | (noun) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink | Synonyms: cabaret, club, night club, nightclub |
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| nightstick | (noun) a short stout club used primarily by policemen | Synonyms: baton, billy, billy club, billystick, truncheon |
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| nighttime | (noun) the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside | Synonyms: dark, night |
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| nightwalker | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, red worm, wiggler |
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| nightwear | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightclothes, sleepwear |
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| nightwork | (noun) work to be done at night | - |
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