Synonyms for day
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Time — A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or…
2. Light — the time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky
day-time, day-light, light, photoperiod, daylength rare
3. Twenty-four hour day — A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long
4. Mean solar day
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
day and night; I work at night and sleep during the day.
- n. 2
A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.
I've been here for two days and a bit.
- n. 3
A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time; era.
every dog has its day; in that day; back in the day; in those days
- n. 4
A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long. The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day.
Related words
- Word family
- day-age day-ager dayboat daybreak daycation daycore day-dawn daydream
- Phrases
- break of day plain as day peep of day day off good day working day judgement day clear as day
- Is a kind of
- period
Forms
- Plural
- days → times, periods, ages, generations…
Example sentences
- time The time will come when your dream will come true.
- cycle Menopause is when a woman's menstrual cycle stops.
- sunshine How much sunshine does Algeria receive every year?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| day | steady | |
| time | steady | |
| cycle | steady | |
| photoperiod | falling | |
| sunshine | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- age1, era2
- 4 letters
- time1
- 5 letters
- light1, cycle2, epoch2
- 6 letters
- period3
- 8 letters
- sunshine2, sunlight2, interval3
- 9 letters
- daylength
- 10 letters
- generation4
- 11 letters
- photoperiod
- 12 letters
- nychthemeron
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (era2 = 2 syllables).