overnight: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 16 letter points · starts with O · ends with T
Meaning of overnight
adv
- not-comparable
During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
Example: Let it run overnight and we'll check on it in the morning.
- figuratively, not-comparable
In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.
Example: The change seemed to happen overnight.
Listed forms: overnite.
Source: Wiktionary — overnight.
adj
- not-comparable
Occurring between dusk and dawn.
Example: The overnight ferry docked at 10 a.m.
- not-comparable
Complete before the next morning.
Example: Don't expect overnight delivery.
- not-comparable
For which participants stay overnight.
Example: They sent their kids to overnight camp.
Listed forms: overnite.
Source: Wiktionary — overnight.
verb
- intransitive
To stay overnight; to spend the night.
- US, transitive
To send something for delivery the next day.
Example: We can overnight you the documents for signature.
Listed forms: overnights, overnighting, overnighted, overnite.
Source: Wiktionary — overnight.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for overnight.
adjective
lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
- nightlong
- all-night
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is overnight in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of overnight
O(1) + V(4) + E(1) + R(1) + N(1) + I(1) + G(2) + H(4) + T(1) = 16 points.
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Anagrams of overnight
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from overnight
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