| Main Entry: | sunset |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fall of sun below horizon |
Synonyms: |
close of day, crepusular light, dusk, eve, evening, eventide, gloaming, nightfall, sundown, twilight |
Antonyms: |
sunrise |
| Main Entry: | dusk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | early evening |
Synonyms: |
dark, dimday, dimmet, eventide, gloaming, gloom, night, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight |
Antonyms: |
dawn |
| Main Entry: | evening |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | latter part of a day |
Synonyms: |
black, close, dark, decline, dim, dusk, duskiness, early black, eve, even, eventide, late afternoon, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight |
Antonyms: |
morning |
| Main Entry: | nightfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning of darkness |
Synonyms: |
black*, crepuscule, dim, dusk, eve, eventide, sundown, sunset, twilight, vespers |
Antonyms: |
daybreak |
| Main Entry: | twilight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | onset of darkness at end of day |
Synonyms: |
afterglow, afterlight, crepuscular light, decline, dimness, dusk, early evening, ebb, end, evening, eventide, gloaming, half-light, last phase, late-afternoon, night, nightfall, sundown, sunset |
Antonyms: |
daybreak, sunrise |
| Main Entry: | duskiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dark |
Synonyms: |
blackness, darkness, dimness, dusk, murkiness, night, sundown, sunset, twilight |
| Main Entry: | eventide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evening |
Synonyms: |
dusk, eve, gloaming, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight |
| Main Entry: | gloaming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evening |
Synonyms: |
black, close, dark, decline, dim, dusk, duskiness, early black, eve, even, eventide, late afternoon, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight |
| Main Entry: | vesper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evening |
Synonyms: |
black, close, dark, decline, dim, dusk, duskiness, early black, eve, even, eventide, gloaming, late afternoon, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight |
| Main Entry: | evening |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
nighttripping, noctambulous, noctilucent, noctilucous, noctivagant, nocturnal, nowanights, pannychous, thestreen, vespertine, yestreen
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