Sunset synonyms

sŭn'sĕt'

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twilight
The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
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dusk
The time of evening when it is beginning to get dark; dim part of twilight
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nightfall
The approach of darkness; dusk.
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eve
Eve is defined as evening, or the day or night before a holiday, or the period of time before an event.
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dawn (antonym)
A female given name sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.
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evening
The last part of the day; close of the day and early part of night; period between sunset or the last meal of the day and bedtime
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close of the day
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eventide
Eventide is defined as an old fashioned way to say evening.
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sunsetting
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end of the day
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sundown
(US) sunset
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sunrise (antonym)
The event or time of the appearance of the upper circumferential edge of the sun as it rises above the horizon, typically the eastern horizon except for extreme latitudes.
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morning (antonym)
The part of the day after midnight and before midday: one o'clock in the morning = 0100 or 1 a.m.
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night (related)
The period between dusk and midnight of a given day:
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sunshine (related)
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full-moon (related)
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setting-sun (related)
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midnight (related)
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moonlight (related)
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starlit (related)
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moonlit (related)
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Sunset Sentence Examples

  • After sunset the wind had dropped.

  • With the sunset came a chilled breeze.

  • I used to start them in the open land also, where they had come out of the woods at sunset to "bud" the wild apple trees.

  • At sunset, too, after a warm day, if the air is still, the cooling of the earth by radiation cools the lower layers, and sound carries excellently over a level surface.

  • She sat on the bed and watched the sunset through the window.

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