day

The word “day” has 1 syllable: day

It's pronounced as /deɪ/


What is synonym and antonym for day?

In the thesaurus, “day” has 60 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for day along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for day

  • afternoon
  • age
  • ascendancy
  • astronomical day
  • aurora
  • bit
  • bright
  • cockcrow
  • cycle
  • date
  • dawn
  • dawn-to-dark
  • dawning
  • daybreak
  • daylight
  • daytime
  • diurnal course
  • dusk
  • early bright
  • epoch
  • era
  • eve
  • evening
  • forenoon
  • generation
  • gloaming
  • height
  • heyday
  • light
  • light of day
  • mean solar day
  • morn
  • morning
  • nautical day
  • nightfall
  • noon
  • period
  • prime
  • sidereal day
  • space
  • span
  • spell
  • stretch
  • sun
  • sundown
  • sunlight
  • sunrise
  • sunrise-to-sunset
  • sunset
  • sunshine
  • sunup
  • term
  • time
  • twilight
  • vintage
  • while
  • working day
  • year
  • years
  • zenith

Antonyms for day

  • afternoon
  • black
  • blackness
  • bottom
  • dark
  • darkness
  • dusk
  • evening
  • eventide
  • gloaming
  • midday
  • midnight
  • nadir
  • night
  • nightfall
  • nighttime
  • sundown
  • sunset
  • twilight

Meanings of day

  • noun
    1. Any period of 24 hours.
    2. A period from midnight to the following midnight.
    3. Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth).
    4. The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
    5. Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime.
    6. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
    7. A period of contention of a day or less.
    8. A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise.
  • verb
    1. To spend a day (in a place).

Example Sentences

  • Day by day, she grew stronger, overcoming obstacles with determination and resilience.
  • The sun rose, marking the beginning of a new day filled with endless possibilities.
  • He cherished the simple moments spent with loved ones, knowing that each day was a gift.
  • Despite the challenges they faced, they approached each day with optimism and hope.
  • The beauty of nature never ceased to amaze him, with each day offering new wonders to discover.

On this page you'll find 79 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to day, such as: afternoon, age, ascendancy, astronomical day, aurora, bit, black.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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absentminded

absentmindedness

abstracted

  • abridged
  • absent
  • absent-minded
  • absentminded
  • absorbed
  • amused
  • befogged
  • befuddled
  • beguiled
  • bemused
  • bewildered
  • birdbrained
  • boiled down
  • briefed
  • called off
  • clueless
  • concentrated
  • condensed
  • confused
  • consolidated
  • curtailed
  • cut back
  • daydreaming
  • dazed
  • decocted
  • detracted
  • digested
  • distracted
  • diverted
  • downsized
  • dreaming
  • dreamy
  • encapsulated
  • engrossed
  • entertained
  • epitomized
  • essentialized
  • faraway
  • flighty
  • foggy
  • forgetful
  • forgetting
  • hazy
  • heedless
  • inattentive
  • insensible
  • intent
  • lost in thought
  • muddled
  • oblivious
  • out in space
  • out to lunch
  • outlined
  • pensive
  • preoccupied
  • rapt
  • recapitulated
  • recapped
  • remote
  • reprised
  • scatterbrained
  • shortened
  • shrank
  • shrunk
  • simplified
  • strayed
  • streamlined
  • summarized
  • summed up
  • synopsized
  • threw off
  • unaware
  • unconscious
  • unfocused
  • unfocussed
  • unheeding
  • unknowing
  • unmindful
  • unperceptive
  • unthinking
  • unwary
  • unwitting
  • vacant
  • wandered
  • withdrawn
  • wrapped up

abstraction

  • absorption
  • aloofness
  • apprehension
  • assumption
  • belief
  • brain wave
  • brainchild
  • brainstorm
  • brooding
  • caprice
  • chimera
  • cogitation
  • cognition
  • conceit
  • concept
  • conception
  • conclusion
  • conjecture
  • consideration
  • contemplation
  • conviction
  • daydreaming
  • delusion
  • detachment
  • engrossment
  • entrancement
  • fancy
  • fantasm
  • freak
  • guess
  • hallucination
  • hunch
  • hypothesis
  • idea
  • illusion
  • image
  • impression
  • inspiration
  • intellection
  • kink
  • musing
  • notion
  • observation
  • pensiveness
  • perception
  • phantasm
  • picture
  • pondering
  • preconception
  • prejudice
  • premonition
  • preoccupation
  • prepossession
  • presentiment
  • reflecting
  • reflection
  • remoteness
  • reverie
  • ruminating
  • speculation
  • supposition
  • surmise
  • theory
  • thinking
  • thought
  • trance
  • vagary
  • whim

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