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Synonyms for nightfall

All synonyms

Noun

1. Dusk — the close of the day; the coming of night

dusk, evening, sundown US, sunset, night, twilight, dark, fall, gloaming, evenfall formal, dimity, crepusculum, mirkning UK, gloam, crepuscule dated, cockshut dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The close of the day; the coming of night.

Forms

Plural
nightfalls → dusks, evenings, sundowns, sunsets…

Example sentences

  • evening Gloria was easily the best singer of that evening.
  • sunset The farmer rose at sunrise and worked till sunset.
  • twilight We find ourselves in the twilight of our civilization.
  • dusk Sometimes I work from dawn to dusk in the fields.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
nightfallrising
eveningrising
sunsetrising
twilightrising
duskrising

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

By length

4 letters
fall1, dark1, dusk1
5 letters
night1, gloam1
6 letters
sunset2, dimity
7 letters
evening2, sundown2
8 letters
twilight2, gloaming2, evenfall, mirkning, cockshut
10 letters
crepuscule
11 letters
crepusculum

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sunset2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
tombée de la nuit
Español
anochecer