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DAYFLIES Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word dayflies. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For DAYFLIES

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darkness
nounn
noun

• absence of light or illumination

• an unilluminated area

• absence of moral or spiritual values

• an unenlightened state

• having a dark or somber color

• a swarthy complexion

dusk
nounn
noun

• the time of day immediately following sunset

verb

• become dusk

evening
nounn
noun

• the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

• a later concluding time period

• the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way

gloom
nounn
noun

• a state of partial or total darkness

• a feeling of melancholy apprehension

• an atmosphere of depression and melancholy

midnight
nounn
noun

• 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night

night
nounn
noun

• Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

• the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

• a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom

• the period spent sleeping

• the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit

• darkness

• a shortening of nightfall

• the time between sunset and midnight

obscurity
nounn
noun

• the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand

• an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known

• the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination

shadow
verb, nounv, n
noun

• shade within clear boundaries

• an unilluminated area

• something existing in perception only

• a premonition of something adverse

• an indication that something has been present

• refuge from danger or observation

• a dominating and pervasive presence

• a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

• an inseparable companion

verb

• follow, usually without the person's knowledge

• cast a shadow over

• make appear small by comparison

sunset
nounn
noun

• the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

• atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun

• the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

adjective satellite

• of a declining industry or technology

• providing for termination

twilight
nounn
noun

• the time of day immediately following sunset

• the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth

• a condition of decline following successes

adjective satellite

• lighted by or as if by twilight

Alternatives for DARKNESS

Alternatives for DUSK

Alternatives for EVENING

Alternatives for GLOOM

Alternatives for MIDNIGHT

Words (1)
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Abbreviations (1)
a.m.

Alternatives for NIGHT

Alternatives for OBSCURITY

Alternatives for SHADOW

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