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Synonyms for sunset

13 synonyms
8 antonyms
2 meanings

noun

Most common

end last swan song final act dusk twilight

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Final act — the final period of the life of a person or thing

end, last, swan song, final act, terminal

2. Sundown

sundown US, dusk, twilight, nightfall, night, evening, set

Other

phase-out

Antonyms

sunrise, daybreak, dawn

All antonyms of sunset →

Definitions

n. 1
The final period of the life of a person or thing.
n. 2
The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

Related words

Phrases: sunset years sunset clause sunset prayer sunset provision sunset town

Forms

Plural: sunsets → ends, lasts, terminals, sundowns…

Example sentences

terminal I'm waiting for my girlfriend here at the terminal.
twilight We find ourselves in the twilight of our civilization.
dusk Sometimes I work from dawn to dusk in the fields.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
sunset		rising
terminal		falling
twilight		rising
dusk		rising

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

By length

3 letters: end¹, set¹
4 letters: last¹, dusk¹
5 letters: night¹
7 letters: evening², sundown²
8 letters: terminal³, twilight²
9 letters: nightfall²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evening² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: coucher de soleil
Italiano: tramonto
Deutsch: Sonnenuntergang