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
• 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
• dark
• eventide
• gloaming
• crepuscule
• darkness
• nighttime
• evenfall

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of twilight

Only from this path of totality, day will briefly turn to twilight and, in a clear sky, the sun’s corona will become visible around the moon for up to 2 minutes 18 seconds. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Van Dijk is now into the twilight of his career at the age of 35 and there’s no guarantee Jacquet will forge an instant understanding with the veteran Dutchman. — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Her models indicate the constellation would be particularly visible during the twilight hours at 6pm, and then 3am and later. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

The breaking of silence in a tipsy twilight, if only for the sake of comical nonsense, can be as blessed as the break of dawn. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026