Day and Nightfall

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Day noun - The first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance.

Usage example: at the break of day I was relieved to realize that I had survived another night in the wilderness

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Nightfall is an antonym for day.

Nearby Word: daytime

Nightfall noun - The time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness.

Usage example: since you aren't taking a flashlight, make sure you're back at camp by nightfall

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Day is an antonym for nightfall.

Nearby Words: night, nightly

past	past day	past nightfall
red	red day	red nightfall

If you decide to travel during the day instead of waiting for nightfall, everyone dies one-by-one in an instant.

Source: Total Party Kill
The game also has a day/night cycle, so the player might get the idea of waiting until nightfall, only to get... nothing.

Source: Guide Dang It / Eastern RPG
In Back to the Future Part II, Marty apparently spent most of a day in 1955 locked in Biff Tannen's garage, from morning until nightfall.

Source: Bottomless Bladder

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Nightfall and Day. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/day/nightfall

Day & Nightfall. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/day/nightfall>.

Nightfall or Day. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/day/nightfall.

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