Afternoon

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: af=ter=noon

CIDE DICTIONARY

Afternoon, n. 

 The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Afternoon, attrib. n. & int.
--n.
1 the time from noon or lunch-time to evening (this afternoon; during the afternoon; afternoon tea).
2 this time spent in a particular way (had a lazy afternoon).
3 a time compared with this, esp. the later part of something (the afternoon of life).
--int. = good afternoon (see GOOD adj. 14).

ROGET THESAURUS

Afternoon

Evening

N evening, eve, decline of day, fall of day, close of day, candlelight, candlelighting, eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour, sunset, sundown, going down of the sun, cock-shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime, afternoon, postmeridian, p, m, autumn, fall, fall of the leaf, autumnal equinox, Indian summer, St. Luke's summer, St. Martin's summer, midnight, dead of night, witching hour, witching hour of night, witching time of night, winter, killing time, vespertine, autumnal, nocturnal, midnight, the outpost of advancing day, sable-vested Night, this gorgeous arch with golden worlds inlay'd.