Synonyms of twilight

twilight

noun

ˈtwī-ˌlīt 

1

as in dark

a time or place of little or no light

stumbled around the twilight of the shuttered room, unable to see where she was going

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dark
• dusk
• shadows
• night
• darkness
• blackness
• black
• gloom
• midnight
• candlelight
• gloaming
• semidarkness
• murk
• umbra
• shade
• blackout
• dulness
• dullness
• dimness
• half-light
• somberness
• umbrage
• grayness
• paleness
• cloudiness
• haziness
• faintness
• murkiness
• gloominess
• brownout
• mistiness
• dimout
• shadiness
• fogginess

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• day
• glow
• light
• daylight
• brightness
• glare
• moonlight
• brilliance
• blaze
• sunlight
• starlight
• lightness
• sunshine
• radiance
• luminescence
• shine
• luminosity
• luminance
• effulgence
• radiancy
• incandescence
• luminousness

2

as in dusk

the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness

watched as twilight descended and the woods fell silent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dusk
• sunset
• night
• evening
• nightfall
• sundown
• eve
• eventide
• gloaming
• dark
• crepuscule
• crepuscle
• darkness
• nighttime
• evenfall

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dawn
• sunrise
• daylight
• morning
• daybreak
• dawning
• aurora
• morn
• day
• light
• daytime
• sunup
• cockcrow
• forenoon

Examples of twilight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Here are sky-charts for Oct. 4-6, but note that comet A3 will be almost impossible to see in the gathering light of dawn: When To See Comet A3 In Mid-October Comet A3 will re-emerge in twilight around Oct. 12 for those in the northern hemisphere. —Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024

However, a trade could help the veteran quarterback, who is in the twilight of his career, get back on the field soon. —Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024

Biden is now in the twilight of his presidency, and increasingly acknowledges it in public. —Tamara Keith, NPR, 21 Sep. 2024

With more baby boomers working and fewer retiring—and the estimation that almost half will run out of money in their twilight years—the workforce of older Americans is growing. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024