Day

ahd-5
  • noun. The period of light between dawn and nightfall; the interval from sunrise to sunset.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The 24-hour period during which the earth completes one rotation on its axis, traditionally measured from midnight to midnight.
  • noun. The period during which a celestial body makes a similar rotation.
  • noun. One of the numbered 24-hour periods into which a week, month, or year is divided.
  • noun. The portion of a 24-hour period that is devoted to work, school, or business.
  • noun. A 24-hour period or a portion of it that is reserved for a certain activity.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A specific, characteristic period in one's lifetime.
  • noun. A period of opportunity or prominence.
  • noun. A period of time in history; an era.
  • noun. Period of life or activity.
  • adjective. Of or relating to the day.
  • adjective. Working during the day.
  • adjective. Occurring before nightfall.
  • idiom. (day after day) For many days; continuously.
  • idiom. (day in, day out) Every day without fail; continuously.
  • idiom. (one day) Someday.
  • idiom. (one of these days) Someday.
  • idiom. (one of those days) A difficult or trying day.
  • idiom. (these days) At present; nowadays.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To become day; dawn: same as daw.
  • To put off from day to day; adjourn. See daying.
  • noun. The time during which the sun shines upon any specified point of the moon's surface: opposed to lunar night.
  • noun. The interval between two successive transits of the moon across the meridian: sometimes called tidal day.
  • noun. December 27. a festival observed in honor of St. John the evangelist and apostle.
  • noun. Same as dey.
  • noun. The period during which the sun is above the horizon, or shines continuously on any given portion of the earth's surface; the interval of light, in contradistinction to that of darkness, or to night; the period between the rising and the setting of the sun, of varying length, and called by astronomers the artificial day.
  • noun. Hence Light; sunshine.
  • noun. The whole time or period of one revolution of the earth on its axis, or the space of twenty-four hours; specifically, the interval of time which elapses between two consecutive returns of the same terrestrial meridian to the sun.
  • noun. A particular or regularly recurring period of twenty-four hours, assigned to the doing of some specified thing, or connected with some event or observance: as, settling-day; bill-day.
  • noun. Specifically— An anniversary; the particular day on which some event is commemorated: as, St. Bartholomew's day; a birthday; New Year's day.
  • noun. The regularly recurring period in each week set apart for some particular purpose, as for receiving calls, etc.
  • noun. Time. Specified interval or space of time: as, three years' day to do something; he was absent for a year's day.
  • noun. Time to pay; credit.
  • noun. Period of time.
  • noun. Appointed time; set period; appointment.
  • noun. Definite time of existence, activity, or influence; allotted or actual term of life, usefulness, or glory: as, his day is over.
  • noun. A time or period, as distinguished from other times or periods; age: commonly used in the plural: as, bygone days; the days of our fathers.
  • noun. A distance which may be accomplished in a day; a day's journey. See phrase below.
  • noun. The contest of a day; a battle or combat with reference to its issue or results: as, to carry the day.
  • noun. A long while; time of uncertain length.
  • noun. A day in turn; a fixed recurrent day.
  • noun. Nautical, the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon.
  • noun. At an indefinite future time; on some day in the future.
  • noun. To-day: as, how are ye the day?
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. One of the compartments of a mullioned window.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine; -- also called daytime.
  • noun. The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below.
  • Word Usage
    "Not an eventful day but a relaxing day… witch is what I need."
    Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    author  chance  epoch  era  opportunity  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    A  A.  Bay  Bombay  Bua  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Life  Time  add  before  boy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning