NIGHTFALL Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

nightfall

noun

ˈnīt-ˌfȯl

as in night

the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness since you aren't taking a flashlight, make sure you're back at camp by nightfall

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Recent Examples of nightfall Advertisement By nightfall, the warplanes return. —

Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026 Structured as a road movie, the film opens in morning light and tracks the family through to nightfall, moving from one temple to the next with scenes of travel in between. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026 Terminus always made sure their arrival came just after nightfall when the streetlights were lit and families were sitting back with full bellies bumping against their dinner tables, houses quiet; all conversation having already been spent between forkfuls of food and hearty swallows of drink. —

Literary Hub, 20 May 2026 Looking high overhead and toward the south just after nightfall, there is a broad star pattern formed by four stars. —

Joe Rao, Space.com, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for nightfall

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Vegas played much of the night without center William Karlsson, who was being checked out on the bench for an apparent upper-body injury.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
The episode, which introduces the central friend group and reveals Paul Baker’s (Jack Innanen) origin story, was screened as a surprise on Thursday night at the Tribeca Festival in New York.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 June 2026