Definition for Sunset:

• Disappearance of the sun below the horizon; time of this setting; the west.

Synonyms for Sunset:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • sunset.

• n.

  •
  • dinner table,
  • curfew,
  • drivetime,
  • closing time,
  • Sunsetting,
  • graveyard shift,
  • close of the day,
  • dinnertime,
  • end of the day,
  • eve.
  •dark (noun)
  • duskiness.
  •dusk (noun)
  • dimmets,
  • dimdays.
  •evening (noun)
  • de clines,
  • de cline,
  • de-cline,
  • de-clines,
  • early blacks,
  • late afternoons.
  •fall of sun below horizon (noun)
  • close of day,
  • crepusular light,
  • sundown.
  •sunset (noun)
  • old,
  • last.
  •twilight (noun)
  • after lights,
  • after-light,
  • early evenings,
  • late-afternoons,
  • lateafternoons,
  • after glows,
  • lateafternoon,
  • after light,
  • After-glow,
  • after-glows,
  • half-lights,
  • halflight,
  • half light,
  • halflights,
  • half lights,
  • crepuscular lights,
  • afterlights,
  • last phases,
  • after-lights.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • draw out.
  •
  • close in.
  •
  • draw in,
  • descend.
  •
  • break.

Paraphrases for Sunset:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    sundown.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    sundown.
  • Verb, base form
    sundown.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    sun.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Sunsetting.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    fire-extinguishing, sell-by, stand-down, suspensive, suspended, twilight.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Sundays, twilight.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    dive, sunshine, sunlight, termination, bedtime, suspension, expiration, suspensive, twilight.

• Exclusion

  • Noun, singular or mass
    sunrise.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    Extinguishment.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    dusk, Extinguishment.

Antonyms for Sunset:

• n.

  • fall of sun below horizon
    sunrise, daybreak.
  • Other antonyms:
    cockcrow, day, first light, break of day, dawning, first, morn, dawn, forenoon, morning, light, daylight, break of the day, sunup, aurora, new, dayspring, daytime.

Sunset Sentence Examples:

• Such a sunset from the mountain - side is a promise of heaven.

• The baggage and cattle arrived after sunset, Morgian Agha having been deserted yesterday by all the carriers.

Hyponym for Sunset:

• n.

  • event
    recurrent event, periodic event.
  • phenomenon
    atmospheric phenomenon.