Synonyms for dusk
dʌskdusk

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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. 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.

2. Chris Fischer:

   Don't go play with the seals in the water at dawn or dusk. Other than that, enjoy life, go swimming. Because if you're worried about a shark interaction, you should be scared to death to get in the car.

3. Thomas Hood (1799-1845), in the poem called No!:

   No sun - no moon! No morn - no noon - No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day. No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member - No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, November!

4. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   One season's dusk, another season's dawn. Gratitude fills the last page, anticipation pens the first.

5. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Look at the magnificence of love, at this heavenly dusk, wind is singing the song of joy, the sun is kissing the ocean. Saying goodbye for the night, promising to wake her up at the dawn of life, with the touch of his warmth and light.