Thesaurus:afternoon

Thesaurus

afternoon

English

Noun

Sense: the part of the day from noon until sunset or evening

Synonyms

• afternoon
• aft (dated slang)
• arvo (Australia)
• undern (UK dialect)
• undertime (obsolete)

Antonyms

• morning    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• 'sarvo, sarvo (Australia)

Hypernyms

• daytime    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• afternoon tea (UK)
• foreday (dialect)
• midafternoon
• teatime (chiefly UK)
• undermeal (obsolete, UK)
• undertide (obsolete, UK)

Holonyms

• day    [⇒ thesaurus]

Comeronyms

• early morning    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dawn    [⇒ thesaurus]
• first light
• postdawn
• morning    [⇒ thesaurus]
• midday    [⇒ thesaurus]
• evening    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dusk    [⇒ thesaurus]
• night
• midnight    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “126. evening” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “afternoon” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.