Synonyms for twilight

Most common

sunset · dusk · nightfall · sundown · half-light · blue hour

All synonyms

Noun

Adjective

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

   I could just make out her face in the twilight.

2. adj. 1

   Pertaining to or resembling twilight; faintly illuminated; obscure.

Related words

Word family

twilightish twilit

Phrases

twilight zone twilight years

Is a kind of

light

Forms

Plural

twilights → dusks, sunsets, nightfalls, darks…

Example sentences

• sunset The farmer rose at sunrise and worked till sunset.
• dusk Sometimes I work from dawn to dusk in the fields.
• nightfall Let's stay until nightfall and watch the fireworks.
• sundown The sheriff told Tom to be out of town by sundown.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

dim¹

4 letters

fall¹, dark¹, dusk¹

5 letters

dusky, gloam¹

6 letters

sunset²

7 letters

evening², obscure², sundown²

8 letters

gloaming², glooming, evenfall

9 letters

nightfall²

10 letters

crepuscule

11 letters

mesopelagic

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

In other languages

Français

demi-jour