night person

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Noun

night person (plural night people)

1. (idiomatic) 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.
   • 1957 November 30, Walter E. Wilson, “The Horses of the Night”, in The Harvard Crimson, retrieved 12 Feb. 2009:

     "You see, I'm a creature of the night."
     "A what?"
     "A night person; I live during the nights, and sleep during the days."

   • 2009 January 24, Amy Sacco, “A Life in the Day: Amy Sacco, lady of the night”, in Times Online, UK, retrieved 12 Feb. 2009:

     I've always been a night person—my mother put me in afternoon kindergarten because she couldn’t get me up in the morning.

Synonyms

• nighthawk, night owl

Antonyms

• morning person

Translations

night-active person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夜貓子／夜猫子 (zh) (yè māozi) (night cat)

• Finnish: iltaihminen, yöihminen
• Greek: νυχτερινός τύπος m (nychterinós týpos), νυχτοπούλι (el) m or f or n (nychtopoúli), ξενύχτης (el) m (xenýchtis)
• Japanese: 夜型 (ja) (よるがた, yorugata)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: sowa (pl) f, nocny marek (pl) m
• Russian: сова́ (ru) f (sová) (owl)

See also

• morning impaired

References

• “night person”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.