DUSK: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DUSK?

Need another word that means the same as “dusk”? Find 23 synonyms and 30 related words for “dusk” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dusk” are: crepuscle, crepuscule, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight, sunset, sundown, evening, close of day, darkness, dark, gloominess, dimness, blackness, murkiness, murk, shadows, shade, shadiness, obscurity

Dusk as a Noun

Definitions of "Dusk" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dusk” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The darker stage of twilight.
• The time of day immediately following sunset.
• Semi-darkness.

Synonyms of "Dusk" as a noun (23 Words)

blackness	The property or quality of being black in colour. The blackness of the human heart through the atrocities of war.
close of day	The temporal end; the concluding time.
crepuscle	The time of day immediately following sunset.
crepuscule	Twilight.
dark	The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside. His lectures dispelled the darkness.
darkness	Unhappiness or gloom. The powers of darkness.
dimness	The state of being poorly illuminated.
evenfall	The time of day immediately following sunset. He kindles his lamp at evenfall.
evening	An evening characterized by a particular event or activity. The evening meal.
fall	A controlled act of falling especially as a stunt or in martial arts. They finished before the fall of night.
gloam	The time of day immediately following sunset.
gloaming	Twilight; dusk. Hundreds of lights are already shimmering in the gloaming.
gloominess	An atmosphere of depression and melancholy.
murk	Darkness or thick mist that makes it difficult to see. My eyes were straining to see through the murk of the rainy evening.
murkiness	An atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance.
nightfall	The time of day immediately following sunset. We had to get back by nightfall.
obscurity	The quality of being difficult to understand. He worked in obscurity for many years.
shade	A lampshade. He wore shades and a leather jacket.
shadiness	Of questionable honesty or legality. They acted with such obvious shadiness that they were instantly recognizable.
shadows	Shade within clear boundaries. The poor child was his mother's shadow.
sundown	The time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades.
sunset	The colours and light visible in the sky on an occasion of the sun’s disappearance in the evening, considered as a view or spectacle. Sunset was still a couple of hours away.
twilight	The period of the evening when twilight is visible between daylight and darkness. A twilight world of secrecy.

Usage Examples of "Dusk" as a noun

• Dusk was falling rapidly.
• Working the land from dawn to dusk.
• The dusk of the vestry.

Associations of "Dusk" (30 Words)

afternoon	In the afternoon every afternoon. I ll be back at three in the afternoon.
awake	Become aware of; come to a realization of. Awake to the dangers of her situation.
crepuscular	Resembling or relating to twilight. The evening s crepuscular charm.
curfew	The daily signal indicating the beginning of a curfew. They had to return before the curfew sounded.
dawn	The beginning of a phenomenon or period of time, especially one considered favourable. The awful truth was beginning to dawn on him.
daybreak	The first light of day. She set off at daybreak.
evening	An evening characterized by a particular event or activity. A couple in evening dress.
friday	The sixth day of the week; the fifth working day.
gloaming	Twilight; dusk. Hundreds of lights are already shimmering in the gloaming.
midnight	The middle period of the night. The midnight hours.
monday	The second day of the week; the first working day.
morning	Every morning. They talked until morning.
nightfall	The time of day immediately following sunset. We had to get back by nightfall.
nocturnal	Of or relating to or occurring in the night. Most owls are nocturnal.
noon	The middle of the day. The service starts at twelve noon.
o'clock	According to the clock.
saturday	The seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians.
sunday	United States evangelist (1862-1935.
sunrise	The first light of day. An hour before sunrise.
sunset	(of a programme, agency, regulation, etc.) expire or be terminated automatically at the end of a fixed period unless renewed by legislative action. A blue and gold sunset.
thursday	The fifth day of the week; the fourth working day.
tomorrow	The near future. I have work to do tomorrow morning.
tonight	The present or immediately coming night. Tonight is a night to remember.
tuesday	The third day of the week; the second working day.
twilight	Lighted by or as if by twilight Henry Fielding. A pleasant walk in the woods at twilight.
wake	Be awake be alert be there. His workers absented themselves for the local wakes.
wednesday	The fourth day of the week; the third working day.
week	The time spent working during a week. I work during the week so I can only get to this shop on Saturdays.
weekday	Any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday. The weekday rush hour.
yesterday	In the recent past; only a short time ago. It was in yesterday s newspapers.