Synonyms of sunsets

sunsets

noun

plural of sunset

as in dusks

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

the glow of the western sky at sunset

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dusks
• twilights
• nights
• evenings
• sundowns
• nightfalls
• eves
• gloamings
• crepuscules
• eventides
• darks
• nighttimes
• evenfalls

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sunrises
• mornings
• auroras
• dawns
• daylights
• morns
• days
• lights
• daytimes
• daybreaks
• sunups
• cockcrows
• forenoons

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sunsets

That means Americans will gain an extra hour of sleep, but sunsets will arrive earlier throughout the winter months. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Sunrises are getting later, and sunsets are getting earlier at an alarming rate right now. — Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Orange sunsets over the Pacific, which was visible in the distance from Marx’s house, gave her panic attacks. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

The trees turn orange, and suddenly the sunsets are that same bright orange. — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026

His new movie Misty Green — which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last night — kicks off with a photo montage that pinballs between glitzy premieres and grungy street life, gorgeous Santa Monica sunsets and downtown tent cities. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026

Winter sunsets would be about an hour later, but winter sunrises would also be about an hour later in those states. — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Yet the franchise gave audiences a galaxy brimming with desert planets, ocean worlds, binary sunsets, and countless versions of Earth. — Alix Freckelton, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Oceans and ants, sewing machines and sunsets, strangers and screen doors, microwaves and mountains, rocks and racquets, lamps and laughter all prove equally worthy. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026