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

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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

Example sentences :

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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