night school

noun

A school, typically used for the purpose of continuing education with classes held predominantly in the evening to accommodate students with typical day shift work schedules.

Similar
evening school
Opposite
day school
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Meanings

nounnight school (countable and uncountable, plural night schools)

plural night schools · alternative nightschool

  1. countableuncountableA school, typically used for the purpose of continuing education with classes held predominantly in the evening to accommodate students with typical day shift work schedules.

    Synonyms: evening school

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA school, typically used for the purpose of continuing education with classes held predominantly in the evening to accommodate students with typical day shift work schedules.

Similar
evening school

More synonyms by meaning

nouna school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day

Opposite
day school
Broader
school
Also see
evening school

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian вечерно училище, вечерна гимназия
  • вечерно училище (večerno učilište)school with classes held predominantly in the evening
  • вечерна гимназия (večerna gimnazija)school with classes held predominantly in the evening
Chinese Mandarin 夜校
  • 夜校 (yèxiào)school with classes held predominantly in the evening
Finnish iltakoulu
  • iltakouluschool with classes held predominantly in the evening
French cours du soir
  • cours du soirschool with classes held predominantly in the evening
German Abendschule
  • Abendschuleschool with classes held predominantly in the evening
Hungarian esti iskola, dolgozók iskolája
  • esti iskolaschool with classes held predominantly in the evening
  • dolgozók iskolájaschool with classes held predominantly in the evening
Japanese 夜学
  • 夜学 (yagaku)school with classes held predominantly in the evening
Korean 야간학교
  • 야간학교 (yaganhakgyo)school with classes held predominantly in the evening
Polish szkoła wieczorowa
  • szkoła wieczorowaschool with classes held predominantly in the evening
Russian вече́рняя шко́ла, вече́рние ку́рсы
  • вече́рняя шко́ла (večérnjaja škóla)school with classes held predominantly in the evening
  • вече́рние ку́рсы (večérnije kúrsy)school with classes held predominantly in the evening
Spanish escuela nocturna
  • escuela nocturnaschool with classes held predominantly in the evening
Yiddish אָוונטשול
  • אָוונטשול (ovntshul)school with classes held predominantly in the evening
Cite this entry
APA

night school. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night%20school

MLA

“night school.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night%20school. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “night school,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night%20school.

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