nightlife

Or night life

[nahyt-lahyf]

noun

1. the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion, as at a nightclub, theater, or the like.

2. the entertainment available to them.

nightlife

/ ˈnaɪtˌlaɪf /

noun

1. social life or entertainment taking place in the late evening or night, as in nightclubs

Word History and Origins

Origin of nightlife¹

First recorded in 1850–55; night + life

Example Sentences

With local nightlife in troubled straits after fires, inflation and ICE raids, South Pasadena’s Sid the Cat Auditorium is a self-funded bet that the local music scene can recover.

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She said she had enjoyed some of the newer spaces even more because they were "creating new ways to experience nightlife" outside what she called "the hegemony of the big Berlin clubs".

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Even before Roan was one of the biggest pop stars on the planet, her reputation in underground queer nightlife was ascendant.

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Meters in locations busy with nightlife will need to be fed up until midnight; in all other on-street areas, parking isn’t free at metered spots until 8 p.m.

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The venue’s owners are betting on a more permanent, independent-minded scene for local acts and edgier nightlife in its wake.

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