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Synonyms for overnight
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
Spell : adverb oh-ver-nahyt; adjective, noun oh-ver-nahyt; verb oh-ver-nahyt |
Phonetic Transcription : adverb ˈoʊ vərˈnaɪt; adjective, noun ˈoʊ vərˌnaɪt; verb ˌoʊ vərˈnaɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for overnight Other synonyms for the word overnight
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- adventure
- alternate
- Band-Aid
- biking
- boating
- bout
- changeable
- circle tour
- commutation
- cover
- cover ground
- crossing
- cruising
- dazzling
- drive
- ephemeral
- errand
- evanescent
- explore
- flashing
- fleeting
- flying
- for the time being
- foray
- fugacious
- fugitive
- get through
- getaway
- globe-trotting
- go
- go abroad
- go camping
- go into orbit
- go riding
- hitch
- hop
- impermanent
- interim
- jaunt
- jet
- junket
- knock around
- limited
- make a journey
- make one's way
- make-do
- makeshift
- migrate
- momentary
- mortal
- motor
- move
- movement
- navigation
- outing
- overnight
- passage
- passing
- peregrination
- perishable
- pro tem
- pro tempore
- proceed
- progress
- provisional
- provisory
- ramble
- rapid
- ride
- riding
- road
- roam
- round
- round trip
- roundabout
- rove
- run
- sail
- sailing
- scour
- seafaring
- set forth
- set out
- shift
- shifting
- short
- short-lived
- short-range
- short-term
- sightsee
- sightseeing
- slapdash
- spectacular
- speedy
- spell
- stopgap
- stretch
- stump
- substitute
- summary
- supply
- swift
- swing
- tactical
- take a boat
- take a plane
- take a train
- take a trip
- temp
- time
- tour
- touring
- transient
- transit
- transitory
- transmit
- travel
- travels
- traverse
- trek
- trekking
- trick
- trip
- turn
- unfixed
- unstable
- vacation
- visit
- volatile
- voyage
- voyaging
- walk
- wander
- wandering
- wanderlust
- wayfaring
- weekend
- wend
- whistle-stop
Définition of overnight
Origin :- early 14c., from over- + night (n.). Originally "on the preceding evening;" sense of "during the night" is attested from 1530s. Meaning "in the course of a single night, hence seemingly instantaneously" is attested from 1939.
- As in meteoric : adj brief, sudden
- As in temporary : adj lasting only a short while
- As in pro tem : adj temporary
- As in short-range : adj temporary
- As in short-term : adj temporary
- As in tour : noun journey; stint
- As in travel : noun journey
- As in trip : noun journey, excursion
- As in voyage : noun journey, often by water
- As in travel : verb journey on a trip or tour
- Mrs. Bines, so complacent overnight, was the most disconsolate one of the group.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- After she had gone he kept on coming more than ever, and he stayed overnight.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- Soak the beans overnight and then parboil them in soda water.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- And quiet—quiet to gloom, did the inn, so noisy overnight, seem by morning.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It was closed, barred, and curtained, just as it had been overnight.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- His fits of dozing were as sudden as they had been overnight, and were as short and profound.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Pat's elation lasted him overnight and even well on into the next day.
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
- They asked for rooms overnight, but were told there were none to be had.
- Extract from : « The Story of Don Quixote » by Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- They can keep you overnight, too, for it's a big house with lots of rooms.
- Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Overnight you changed your mind and began thinking that maybe, just maybe, she might be right.
- Extract from : « The Cuckoo Clock » by Wesley Barefoot
Antonyms for overnight
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