day

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. daytime, light; dawn, daybreak; around the clock; era, period. See time.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The period of the earth's revolution]

Syn. twenty-four hours, mean solar day, sidereal day, time between sunrise and sunset, period from dawn to dark, solar day, nautical day, natural day, civil day, astronomical day, diurnal course, date.

2. [The time of light or work]

Syn. daylight, daytime, broad daylight, full day, workday, working day, daylight hours, broadcast day, eight-hour day, union day; good, bad, hot, cold, damp, etc., day; sizzler*, scorcher*, good day for the races*.

3. [A special day]

Syn. holiday, celebration, festival; see anniversary , holiday 1 .

4. [A period of time]

Syn. era, time, heyday, prime; see age 3 .

• call it a day*,

Syn. finish, quit, stop work, call it quits*; see end 1 , stop 1 , 2 .

• from day to day,

Syn. without thought for the future, sporadically, irresponsibly, heedlessly; see carelessly , irregularly .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

light of day, sunup to sundown, twenty-four hours. ''Each day is a little life.''—Arthur Schopenhauer. ''A miniature Eternity.''—Ralph Waldo Emerson.

2. period time, heyday, age, epoch.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The period during which someone or something exists. Often used in plural: duration, existence, life, lifetime, span, term. See LIVE, TIME. 2. A particular time notable for its distinctive characteristics: age, epoch, era, period, time (often used in plural), See TIME.