nightgown

[nahyt-goun] / ˈnaɪtˌgaʊn /

NOUN

dress in which to sleep

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lingerie pajamas

STRONG

negligee nightdress nightie nightshirt sleeper

WEAK

PJs bedgown nightrobe

Example Sentences

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I just still feel like a girl who likes to be in her creams and nightgown, and I also, in addition to that, really enjoy the feeling of working and sort of running on fumes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

Melinda Bettencourt was still in her nightgown when the police showed up at the door.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2023

He then asked her about her arrest, which he said she had claimed saw her being led away from her home in a nightgown.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2023

In “Mad Men,” Betty Draper, a 1960s housewife caught in a marriage of spite and deception, stands in her yard in her peach nightgown, holding a rifle pointed toward the sky.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

And Helena needed a dress, shoes, underclothes, a nightgown, and probably other things I hadn’t thought of yet.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron