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Synonyms for gloaming

  • noun

Most common

fall evening blue hour twilight

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Twilight — twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk

twilight, evening, fall, blue hour, dusk, nightfall, glooming, vespers, evenfall formal, crepuscule dated

2. Misery — sullenness; melancholy

misery, sadness, sorrow, woe

Antonyms

day-time, night-time, day-light

All antonyms of gloaming →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.

  2. n. 2

    Sullenness; melancholy.

Forms

Plural
gloamings → twilights, evenings, falls, dusks…

Example sentences

  • fall One step further, and you will fall into an abyss.
  • evening Gloria was easily the best singer of that evening.
  • twilight We find ourselves in the twilight of our civilization.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
gloamingrising
fallsteady
eveningrising
twilightrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
woe1
4 letters
fall1, dusk1
6 letters
misery3, sorrow2
7 letters
evening2, sadness2, vespers
8 letters
twilight2, glooming, evenfall
9 letters
nightfall2
10 letters
crepuscule

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (misery3 = 3 syllables).