Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

night person

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.28 in modern English

Syllables: night per-son
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the evening and early morning (night) hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime.

Example Sentences

""You see, I'm a creature of the night." "A what?" "A night person; I live during the nights, and sleep during the days.""
"I've always been a night person—my mother put me in afternoon kindergarten because she couldn’t get me up in the morning."

Inflected Forms

night people (plural)

Phrases

morning impaired

Frequently Paired Words

eveningness morning impaired

Synonyms

nighthawk night owl

Antonyms

morning person

Questions

What does night person mean?: A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the evening and early morning (night) hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime.

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