nighttimes
After the sunset
Nighttimes is the plural of nighttime, referring to multiple periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
The word appears when distinguishing different nights or emphasizing repeated occurrences: Summer nighttimes are shorter than winter ones.
More commonly, people say "at night" or "nights" as an adverb: I work nights.
Day yielding to darkness
- twilightLight after sunset
- duskDimming after sundown
- gloamingPoetic term for dusk
- crepuscularRelating to dusk
eventide · dimming · afterglow · sundown · moonrise · starlight · nocturne · lanterns
Something hard to fathom
- unknownNot yet discovered
- crypticObscure in meaning
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
spectral · supernatural · haunting · shadowy · nocturnal · unearthly · chilling · foreboding
Total lack of sound
- hushAbsence of sound
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
peacefulness · calm · whisper · softness · solitude · quiet · murmur · subdued
sunset
Day yielding to darkness
crepuscular · eventide · dimming · afterglow · sundown · moonrise · starlight · nocturne · lanterns · streetlights
enigma
Something hard to fathom
phantom · spectral · supernatural · haunting · shadowy · nocturnal · unearthly · chilling · foreboding · ominous
silence
Total lack of sound
- hushAbsence of sound
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
stillness · peacefulness · calm · whisper · softness · solitude · quiet · murmur · subdued · faint
bedtime
Designated hour for retiring
snoring · pillow · blanket · duvet · comforter · nightcap · snooze · doze · nap · yawn
visions
Imagined or prophetic sights
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- surrealDreamlike and strange
imagination · reverie · whimsical · illusory · otherworldly · escapism · daydream · lucid · oneiric · dreamscape