late evening
Near bedtime hours
Late evening is the period between evening and night, typically from around 9 or 10 PM until midnight.
It suggests the day is winding down but hasn't quite ended: We didn't get home until late evening.
The phrase often implies activities extending past normal hours: The meeting ran into late evening.
- duskDimming after sundown
- golden hourWarm-lit period near sunset
- nightfallOnset of darkness
- soft glowSubdued, diffuse illumination
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
gloaming · wee hours · darkness · moonlight · stars · quiet · stillness · shadows · lamplight · drowsy · sleepy · bedtime · tucking in · good night · nocturnal · dim · hushed · crickets
- twilightdusk, dawn, gloaming, eventide, nightfall
- daypartsdawn, sunrise, morning, forenoon, midmorning
- nighttimemidnight, nightfall, night sky, nighttime, starry sky
- time expressionsnow, today, soon, tomorrow, yesterday
- heatheat transfer, thermal energy, heatwave, radiation, convection
time of day
late eveningearly morning
First hours of day
dawn · daybreak · morning · sunrise · first light
late, evening, later, latest, lately, lateness, even, evenings