| Evening 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Even. 2. (n.) The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum. 3. (n.) The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory. Thesaurus Entries accommodation, adjustment, afternoon, balancing, close of day, cockshut, coordination, crepuscular, dimpsy, dusk, duskiness, duskness, dusky, equalization, equalizing, equating, equation, equilibration, eve, even, evening up, evensong, eventide, gloaming, grayness, harmonization, integration, nightfall, party, reception, regularization, salon, setting sun, shut of day, soiree, sundown, sunset, sunsetty, symmetrization, the expiring day, twilight, twilighty, vesper, vespertine |