Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Evening (Midnight)

Nouns
  • evening, eve
  • decline of day, fall of day, close of day
  • candlelight, candlelighting
  • eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour
  • sunset, sundown
  • going down of the sun, cock-shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime. afternoon, postmeridian, p.m. autumn, fall, fall of the leaf
  • autumnal equinox
  • Indian summer, St. Luke's summer, St. Martin's summer. midnight
  • dead of night, witching hour, witching hour of night, witching time of night
  • winter
  • killing time.
Adjectives
  • vespertine, autumnal, nocturnal.
Phrases
  • midnight, the outpost of advancing day" [Longfellow]
  • sable-vested Night" [Milton]
  • this gorgeous arch with golden worlds inlay'd" [Young].