EVENINGS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

evenings

noun

Definition of evenings

plural of evening

as in nights

the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness in the evening a reddish glow often appears on the mountaintops

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Recent Examples of evenings Turteltaub worked on the Boone program as Orenstein stuck with Hollywood Palace and wrote for NBC’s The Monkees, but the pair got together in the evenings to write for sitcoms. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026 The idea of not spending evenings with my kid is, kids are, is completely unacceptable. — Michael Birnbaum The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026 Hawkins remembers summer evenings when Ford would sit on his back porch playing saxophone or open the windows of his home and let the music carry through the neighborhood. — Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026 Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, for example, spends his evenings watching YouTube on his television, The Wall Street Journal reported this week. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 Clio's report found that 51% of legal professionals work evenings, but only 32% want to, while 22% work weekends compared with 11% who would choose to. — Lindsay Dodgson, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026 The Belt changes angle, and the constellation gradually approaches the orientation many of us recognize from winter evenings. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Roan will headline both nights, with the evenings hosted by Caleb Hearon. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, expanding the playoffs would allow for more postseason games played in the evenings rather than during the day. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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Noun

According to the brand, the casks are rotated while aging to encourage interaction between liquid and wood, and like the original the gin spent 71 nights maturing.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
In fact, those long nights in the county jail marked the beginning of a new trail—a trail that finally forked from the path of slavery.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of nights

Noun

Venus Venus is conspicuous as July's long evening twilights fade.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 July 2026
Schools and workplaces open at night, construction sites buzz in the small hours under massive floodlights, and outdoor recreation takes place in the twilights of dawn and dusk.

— Big Think, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026

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