evening

1 a later period of one's life now in the evening of their lives, the married couple are ready to hand the family business over to the next generation Synonyms afterlife, afternoon, autumn, ageRelated Words sunset, twilight, winter; anecdotage, dotage, senility; elderliness, golden years, oldness, seniority; adulthood, majority, maturity, middle, middle age, midlife, ripenessNear Antonyms adolescence, youthAntonyms springtime

2 the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness in the evening a reddish glow often appears on the mountaintops Synonyms crepuscule (or crepuscle), eve, evenfall, dusk, eventide, gloaming, night, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilightRelated Words dark, darkness, nighttimeNear Antonyms day, daytime, light; forenoonAntonyms aurora, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, daylight, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup