NIGHTLIFE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nightlife mean? 

• NIGHTLIFE (noun)
  The noun NIGHTLIFE has 2 senses:

1. the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion

2. the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.)

  Familiarity information: NIGHTLIFE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIGHTLIFE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

night life; nightlife

Context example:

a futile search for intelligent nightlife

Hypernyms ("nightlife" is a kind of...):

amusement; entertainment (an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

night life; nightlife

Context example:

in the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs

Hypernyms ("nightlife" is a kind of...):

diversion; recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)