NOUN | time | sundown, sunset | the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon |
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Sounds | sah'ndaw.n | |
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Rhymes | Allentown ... Youngstown: 56 rhymes with awn... |
Meaning | The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon. | |
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Synonym | sunset | |
Part of | evening, eve, even, eventide | The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) |
Broader | hour, time of day | clock time |
Opposite | dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow | The first light of day |
Spanish | ocaso, puesta del sol | |
Catalan | ocàs, posta de sol |
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