Synonyms for dusk
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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

Matched Categories

1. • Darken

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. dusknoun

   Synonyms:
   twilight

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. 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.

2. Tonya Winders:

   Pollen count is highest between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m., and again at dusk, so plan your workouts for other times of the day when pollen levels are lower.

3. The Northeast Police Department:

   A loud scream across the parking lot at Walmart drew the attention of an NEPD Officer who was patrolling the area, at dusk this evening.

4. William Ja:

   Maybe it's so that they can continue foraging and accumulating nutrients before sleep, or maybe that's a peak time for birds and frogs and other insect eaters to come out, so sleeping at dusk would be especially vulnerable for the flies.

5. Henry Anatole Grunwald:

   Home is the wallpaper above the bed, the family dinner table, the church bells in the morning, the bruised shins of the playground, the small fears that come with dusk, the streets and squares and monuments and shops that constitute one's first universe.