day-and-night
Around the clock
Day-and-night describes something continuous or constant, happening around the clock without interruption: day-and-night surveillance, day-and-night nursing care.
The hyphenated form typically appears before a noun it modifies.
Without hyphens, day and night functions as an adverb phrase: They worked day and night to finish the project.
Continuous, without interruption
- continuouslyWithout pause or interruption
- nonstopWithout pause or break
- perpetuallyWithout interruption or end
- ceaselesslyWithout ever stopping
constantly · uninterrupted · 24/7 · always · endlessly · incessantly · relentlessly · tirelessly
Reverse or contrary thing
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- dichotomyDivision into contrasting parts
- extremesOutermost ends of range
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
stark · disparity · binary · dualistic · inverse · contradictory · contrary · worlds apart
Profound biological restructuring
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- drasticSevere and far-reaching
- unrecognizableCannot be identified
- before-and-afterPaired images showing change
conversion · revolution · overhaul · reinvention · makeover · sea change · wholesale
around-the-clock
Continuous, without interruption
- continuouslyWithout pause or interruption
- nonstopWithout pause or break
- perpetuallyWithout interruption or end
ceaselessly · constantly · uninterrupted · 24/7 · always · endlessly · incessantly · relentlessly · tirelessly · round-the-clock
opposite
Reverse or contrary thing
antithesis · stark · disparity · binary · dualistic · inverse · contradictory · contrary · worlds apart · black-and-white
metamorphosis
Profound biological restructuring
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- drasticSevere and far-reaching
- unrecognizableCannot be identified
before-and-after · conversion · revolution · overhaul · reinvention · makeover · sea change · wholesale
day-and-nightintermittently
At irregular intervals
sporadically · occasionally · periodically · off-and-on · sometimes
day-and-nighthalfheartedly
Without real interest
half-heartedly · casually · lazily · leisurely · negligently
night, days, nights, nightly, daytime, nighttime, daylight, nightfall, midday