nightfall

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of NIGHTFALL

the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness <since you aren't taking a flashlight, make sure you're back at camp by nightfall>

Synonyms crepuscule (or crepuscle), eve, evenfall, evening, eventide, gloaming, night, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight

Related Words dark, darkness, nighttime

Near Antonyms day, daytime, light; forenoon

Antonyms aurora, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, daylight, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup

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