Synonyms for dusk
dʌskdusk

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1. dusknoun

   Synonyms:
   sundown, sunset, vespers, smokefall, evenfall

   Antonyms:
   dawn

2. dusknoun

   to begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk

   Synonyms:
   vespers, smokefall, evenfall, sundown, sunset

   Antonyms:
   dawn

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. dusk

   Synonyms:
   blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadow

   Antonyms:
   blaze, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, shining, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscleverb

   the time of day immediately following sunset

   "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

   Synonyms:
   gloam, crepuscle, declension, declination, pin, fall, surrender, gloaming, evenfall, descent, capitulation, decline, declivity, downslope, drop, autumn, dip, tumble, crepuscule, twilight, free fall, spill, nightfall, downfall

2. duskverb

   become dusk

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1. • Darken

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. dusknoun

   Synonyms:
   twilight

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1. dusknoun

   Synonyms:
   twilight, evening, nightfall

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1. List of paraphrases for "dusk":

   twilight, nightfall, sunset, sundown, evening, dark

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1. Thomas Hood (1799-1845), in the poem called No!:

   No sun - no moon! No morn - no noon - No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day. No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member - No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, November!

2. Fred Upton:

   So you had one less hour of sunlight, and you’ve got little kids darting between cars in neighborhoods, we have the extra hour, and it can show that it actually reduces crime because most crime is at night at dusk.

3. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   End year's dusk, new year's dawn; gratitude fills the last page, anticipation pens the first.

4. Chris Fischer:

   Don't go play with the seals in the water at dawn or dusk. Other than that, enjoy life, go swimming. Because if you're worried about a shark interaction, you should be scared to death to get in the car.

5. Jeremy Kiszka:

   This is totally related to the sharks behavior, and sharks preferentially attacked isolated swimmers and surfers, at dusk and dawnespecially at dusk they tend to forage closer to shore.