| 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: | dark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place, time without light |
Synonyms: |
caliginosity, darkness, dead of night, dimness, dusk, duskiness, evening, gloom, midnight, murk, murkiness, night, nightfall, nighttime, obscurity, opacity, semidarkness, shade, shadows, twilight, witching hour |
Antonyms: |
brightness, day, daylight, daytime, illumination, light, lightness, morning |
| Main Entry: | darkness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place, time that is unlit |
Synonyms: |
Cimmerian shade, black, blackness, blackout, brownout, calignosity, cloudiness, crepuscule, dark, dimness, dusk, duskiness, eclipse, gloom, lightlessness, murk, murkiness, nightfall, obscurity, pitch darkness, shade, shadiness, shadows, smokiness, tenebrosity, twilight |
Antonyms: |
brightness, day, daylight, daytime, illumination, light, lightness, morning |
| 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: | dusky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark-hued; murky |
Synonyms: |
adusk, bistered, bleak, brunette, caliginous, cheerless, cloudy, crepuscular, dark, dark-complexioned, darkish, desolate, dim, dismal, dull, funereal, gloomy, joyless, lightless, obscure, overcast, sable, shadowy, shady, swart, swarthy, tenebrous, twilight, twilit, unilluminated, veiled |
Antonyms: |
bright, clear, light |
| 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: | gloom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | darkness, blackness |
Synonyms: |
bleakness, cloud, cloudiness, dimness, dullness, dusk, duskiness, gloominess, murk, murkiness, obscurity, shade, shadow, twilight |
Antonyms: |
brightness, light, sunniness |
| Main Entry: | night |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part of day after sundown and before sunrise |
Synonyms: |
after dark, after hours, bedtime, before dawn, black*, blackness, dark, dark hours, darkness, dead of night, dim, dusk to dawn, duskiness, evening, eventide, gloom, midnight, nightfall, nighttide, nighttime, obscurity*, pitch dark, twilight, witching hour |
Antonyms: |
day |
| 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: | soft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | faint, temperate |
Synonyms: |
ashen, balmy, bland, caressing, comfortable, cool, cushy, delicate, diffuse, dim, dimmed, dulcet, dull, dusky, gentle, hazy, lenient, light, low, low-key, mellifluous, mellow, melodious, mild, misty, murmured, muted, pale, pallid, pastel, pleasing, quiet, restful, shaded, smooth, sober, soothing, subdued, sweet, tinted, toned down, twilight, understated, wan, whispered |
Antonyms: |
harsh, loud, rough, severe |