Synonyms for nightfall
ˈnaɪtˌfɔlnight·fall

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1. nightfallnoun

   Synonyms:
   evening, dusk, sunset, sundown

2. nightfallnoun

   The close of the day; the coming of night.

   Synonyms:
   sunset, dusk, evening, sundown

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepusclenoun

   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, dusk, tumble, crepuscule, twilight, free fall, spill, downfall

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1. List of paraphrases for "nightfall":

   dusk, twilight, dark, sunset, sundown, night

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1. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, spoken by Elrond:

   He should not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.

2. Mariana Fulger:

   Each moment is nightfall not spacious enough to contain all hope that there will be morning.

3. Alexis Carrel:

   To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.