Synonyms for sunset
ˈsʌnˌsɛtsun·set

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1. sunsetnoun

   Antonyms:
   sunrise

2. sunsetnoun

   To phase out.

   We'll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.

   Synonyms:
   twilight, sundown, nightfall, dusk

   Antonyms:
   sunrise

3. sunsetnoun

   Antonyms:
   sunrise

4. sunsetnoun

   Antonyms:
   sunrise

5. sunsetnoun

   one's sunset years

   Antonyms:
   sunrise

6. sunsetnoun

   The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.

   Antonyms:
   sunrise

7. sunsetnoun

   Synonyms:
   end, twilight, final act, last, swansong, terminal

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1. sunset, sundownnoun

   the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

   Synonyms:
   sundown

   Antonyms:
   dawn, daybreak, dayspring, sunup, break of day, aurora, sunrise, dawning, cockcrow, break of the day, first light, morning, first, new

2. sunsetnoun

   atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun

   Synonyms:
   sundown

   Antonyms:
   first light, break of the day, morning, cockcrow, dawning, sunrise, aurora, daybreak, dawn, dayspring, break of day, sunup, new, first

3. sunsetadjective

   the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

   Synonyms:
   sundown

   Antonyms:
   dawning, dayspring, dawn, sunup, cockcrow, break of the day, daybreak, first light, aurora, sunrise, morning, break of day, first, new

4. sunsetadjective

   of a declining industry or technology

   "sunset industries"

   Synonyms:
   sunset(a)

   Antonyms:
   dawning, break of day, cockcrow, dayspring, sunup, dawn, daybreak, aurora, break of the day, first light, sunrise, morning, new, first

5. sunset(a)adjective

   providing for termination

   "a program with a sunset provision"

   Antonyms:
   sunrise, daybreak, morning, sunup, dawning, first light, dayspring, cockcrow, dawn, aurora, break of the day, break of day, new, first

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1. • Atmospheric Phenomenon

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1. sunsetnoun

   Synonyms:
   evening, sundown, close of the day

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1. List of paraphrases for "sunset":

   sundown, dusk, twilight, sunsetting, nightfall, extinction, sun, sunrise, bedtime, extinguishment, expiry, hanger

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1. Robert Menendez:

   Whether or not the supporters of the agreement admit it, this deal is based on 'hope' -- hope that when the nuclear sunset clause expires, Iran will have succumbed to the benefits of commerce and global integration, hope is part of human nature, but unfortunately it is not a national security strategy.

2. Siegfried:

   None know the power of words, riding on the hot winds of sunset.

3. Andrew Lincoln:

   Scott Gimple called me up and said, ‘ William Riggs’re going to hate this one. ’ Scott Gimple’s very good about alerting the cast when there’s going to be a( character) death, i just did n’t speak for a minute. I always thought Carl was going to be the one who led the show forward ; that Rick would hand over his boots and revolver when he walked off into the sunset in Season 28.

4. Rick Scott:

   No one that I know of wants to sunset Medicare or Social Security, but what we’re doing is we don’t even talk about it, medicare goes bankrupt in four years. Social Security goes bankrupt in 12 years. I think we ought to figure out how we preserve those programs. Every program that we care about, we ought to stop and take the time to preserve those programs.

5. Antti Viljakainen:

   The paper sunset will continue, in the long term they will have to patch the hole in the cash flow somehow, and there is no clear plan for that.