tonite
/təˈnaɪt//ˈtəʊnaɪt/
tonite is the alternative spelling of tonight.
Meaning of tonight
Noun
tonight (usually uncountable, plural tonights)
Noun
tonite (uncountable)
- An explosive compound; a preparation of guncotton.
Origin of tonite
From tonight.
Compare Latin tonare (“to thunder”).
Words that rhyme with tonite
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
Questions about tonite
- What does tonite mean?
- Tonite means an explosive compound; a preparation of guncotton.
- What is tonite the alternative spelling of?
- Tonite is the alternative spelling of tonight.
- What part of speech is tonite?
- Tonite is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tonite?
- Tonite is pronounced /təˈnaɪt/.
Words near tonite in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tonite (page history and authors); tonight (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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