adjective

• Active during the day.

  ‘When the sun sets in the evening, non-nocturnal animals go through a physiological change in their bodies.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Nocturnal eaters were significantly more likely to report binge eating and differed significantly from non-nocturnal eaters.’
  • ‘In one study, researchers evaluated melatonin levels in healthy patients, patients with nocturnal asthma, and patients with nonnocturnal asthma.’
  • ‘At times Else suspected that her own daytime wanderings were some frightening kind of non- nocturnal somnambulism.’
  • ‘I thought I was safe at night. Safe from non-nocturnal flying insects with colorful wings.’

  Synonyms

  active during the day, non-nocturnal