Daylight

Quick meaning: Daylight is a noun meaning The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).

Meaning

The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).

More Meanings

1. A light source that simulates daylight.
2. The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
3. Daybreak.
4. Exposure to public scrutiny.
5. A clear, open space.
6. (countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
7. (countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.

Example Sentences

burning daylight

wasting daylight

Meronym: sunbeams

Near-synonyms: sunlight, sunshine

Word Forms

• daylights
• day-light
• daylighting
• daylighted
• daylit

Synonyms for daylight

Depending on context, synonyms include sunlight, sunshine, daytime, day, daylength, photoperiod.

Antonyms for daylight

Common opposites include night, darkness, dark, nighttime.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include daytime, day, sunrise, sunup, night, dawning.

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