crepuscule

crepuscule

noun

Definition of CREPUSCULE

the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness <from the deck of our sloop we watched as the island slowly faded from sight in the golden crepuscule of a beautiful Caribbean day>

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

Variants of CREPUSCULE

crepuscule or crepuscle