late night
Past most bedtimes
Late night is the hours after most people have gone to bed, roughly midnight to 3 or 4 a.m.
As a modifier, it describes activities happening then: late-night snacks, late-night TV.
Late-night talk shows air after the evening news and have become a distinct television genre.
We had a late night means staying up well past the usual bedtime.
- insomniaPersistent inability to rest
- owlNocturnal feathered predator
- darknessTotal absence of light
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- sleep deprivedLacking adequate rest
sleepless · quiet · infomercial · snack · restless · tired · moon · stillness · pillow · caffeine · diner · last call · shadows · yawn · television · drowsy · hush · bedtime
- Television Historygolden age, broadcast networks, network television, color TV, live broadcasts
- broadcaststelecast, newscast, news broadcast, live broadcast, simulcast
- nightlifebars, clubbing, clubs, nightclubs, bar crawl
- TV broadcastssimulcast, delayed broadcast, breaking news, live coverage, morning show
- TV programmingprimetime, talk shows, game shows, prime time, sitcoms
- meal timesbreakfast, lunch, dinner, supper, brunch
activity/wakefulness pattern
late nightearly to bed
Retiring before midnight
business hours · working hours · prime time · rush hour · school hours
late, night, lately, later, latest, lateness, nightly, nights, nighttime