overnight
Through the night
Overnight spans the hours of darkness between evening and morning.
As an adverb, it describes something happening during the night: We drove overnight to get there.
As an adjective, it modifies things lasting or occurring through the night: an overnight stay, an overnight bag.
Figuratively, overnight means suddenly or very quickly: She became famous overnight.
The verb means to stay somewhere for the night: We overnighted in Chicago.
Commercial lodging establishment
- motelRoadside lodging for drivers
- innLodging for wayfarers
- hostelShared traveler lodging
- guesthouseLodging for visitors
bed-and-breakfast · accommodation · suite · reservation · check-in · ryokan · pension · resort
Briefest unit of time
- immediateHappening without delay
- rapidMoving with haste
- abruptSharp and unexpected
- swiftMoving with speed
quick · meteoric · dramatic · unexpected · sudden · whirlwind · flash · skyrocketing
Sixty-minute spans
- darknessTotal absence of light
- duskDimming after sundown
- dawnDay's first glow
- twilightLight after sunset
evening · nightfall · moonlight · starlight · bedtime · nocturnal · sundown · sunrise
Late-night transcontinental flight
- long-haulCovering great distances
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- trainRail vehicle or instruct
- busLarge passenger vehicle
ferry · layover · connection · journey · voyage · transit · departure · arrival
Perceived stimulus or phenomenon
- successFavorable outcome attained
- celebrityWidely recognized public figure
- stardomCelebrity status achieved
- famePublic recognition, widespread
phenomenon · breakthrough · rise · turnaround · makeover · change · shift · reversal
hotel
Commercial lodging establishment
guesthouse · bed-and-breakfast · accommodation · suite · reservation · check-in · ryokan · pension · resort · lodge
instant
Briefest unit of time
swift · quick · meteoric · dramatic · unexpected · sudden · whirlwind · flash · skyrocketing · fast-track
hours
Sixty-minute spans
twilight · evening · nightfall · moonlight · starlight · bedtime · nocturnal · sundown · sunrise
red-eye
Late-night transcontinental flight
bus · ferry · layover · connection · journey · voyage · transit · departure · arrival · itinerary
sensation
Perceived stimulus or phenomenon
- successFavorable outcome attained
- celebrityWidely recognized public figure
- stardomCelebrity status achieved
fame · phenomenon · breakthrough · rise · turnaround · makeover · change · shift · reversal · reinvention
cabin
Simple wooden dwelling
tipi · hut · campsite · lean-to · hammock · tarp · bunkhouse · refuge · backcountry · wilderness
- timesecond, minute, hour, day, seconds
- travel termsnonstop, direct, airline, one-way, round-trip
- flightsdeparture, arrival, nonstop flight, boarding, connecting flight
- postalmail, mail delivery, stamp, stamps, mail service
- train traveltrain, railway, fare, tracks, rail
- daypartsdawn, sunrise, morning, forenoon, midmorning
overnightgradual
Developing slowly over time
slow · incremental · progressive · piecemeal · evolutionary
- overnight stayLodging for one night
- overnight bagLuggage for brief trips
- overnight deliveryCourier service guaranteeing next-day arrival
- overnight shippingFastest standard delivery option
- overnight successRapid rise to fame
overnights, overnighted, overnighting, overnighter, overnighters, overnight bag