Sunset

//ˈsʌnˌsɛt//

Synonyms for "sunset" (70 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (14)

nightfall sundown twilight last cardinal points close of day cockshut compass card compass rose

Noun(5 words)

sundown big sleep celestial transfer death decease

Strong matches (21)

degree degrees dusk east eastward end eve even evening evensong eventide grayness

Noun(9 words)

demise dirt nap doom dusk end exit expiration fatality final act

Related words (35)

half points lubber line night north northeast northward northwest occident old orient quarter points rhumb setting sun shut of day south southeast southward southwest sunrise the expiring day

Show 3 more words

vesper west westward

Noun(11 words)

last liquidation mortality night nightfall quietus set sleep of the just swansong terminal twilight

Verb(1 words)

phase out

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

14 relation types

More general

5 entries

atmospheric phenomenon hour periodic event recurrent event time of day

Antonyms

2 entries

sunrise

Synonyms

4 entries

dusk end last sundown

Related terms

1 entries

moonset

capable of

2 entries

appear splendid end day

derived

19 entries

Harlem sunset Murray-sunset Sunset Beach Sunset Park Sunset Strip ride off into the sunset sunset clause sunset crop sunset flip sunset industry sunset law sunset moth sunset orange sunset prayer sunset provision sunset shell

Showing 16 of 19 words.

derived from

1 entries

sun

distinct from

2 entries

dawn sunrise

has context

2 entries

business politics

has property

1 entries

more beautiful at nice landscape

is a

9 entries

atmospheric phenomenon calming experience disappearing from sight hour localized event movement process periodic event station time of day

part of

1 entries

evening

related to

21 entries

analemma change color colors day disappear evening evening sun evenings horizon moonset nightfall orange phase out setting setting of

Showing 16 of 21 words.

similar

7 entries

dusk last nightfall old twilight

Translations

231 translations across 91 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

sonsondergang noun (time of day)

Albanian

1 entries

perëndim noun (time of day)

Arabic

4 entries

خَاتِمَة noun (final period of life)
خِتَامِي noun (attributively: of or relating to the final period of life)
غُرُوب noun (time of day)
غُرُوب اَلشَّمْس noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)

Armenian

2 entries

արևամուտ noun (time of day)
մայրամուտ noun (time of day)

Avar

1 entries

тӏерхьин noun (time of day)

Basque

4 entries

arrats noun (time of day)
eguzki-sarte noun (time of day)
ilunabar noun (time of day)
ilunsenti noun (time of day)

Belarusian

1 entries

за́хад со́нца noun (time of day)

Bengali

2 entries

মাগরিব noun (time of day)
সূর্যাস্ত noun (time of day)

Bikol Central

1 entries

pagsulnop noun (time of day)

Bulgarian

2 entries

залез noun (time of day)
залез noun (final period of life)

Catalan

2 entries

ocàs noun (time of day)
posta de sol noun (time of day)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

ڕۆژ ئاوا noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᏭᏕᎵᎬ noun (time of day)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

日落 noun (time of day)
黃昏 /黄昏 noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
淘汰 verb (phase out)

Czech

2 entries

západ slunce noun (time of day)
západ slunce noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)

Danish

4 entries

alderens efterår noun (final period of life)
solnedgang noun (time of day)
solnedgang noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
udfase verb (phase out)

Dutch

2 entries

zonsondergang noun (time of day)
zonsondergang noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)

Elfdalian

1 entries

suolniðgaungg noun (time of day)

Esperanto

2 entries

sunfalo noun (time of day)
sunsubiro noun (time of day)

Estonian

4 entries

eluloojang noun (final period of life)
päikeseloojak noun (time of day)
päikeseloojak noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
päikeseloojang noun (time of day)

Faroese

1 entries

sólsetur noun (time of day)

Finnish

4 entries

auringonlasku noun (time of day)
auringonlasku noun (final period of life)
elämän ehtoo noun (final period of life)
illansuu noun (time of day)

French

3 entries

coucher de soleil noun (time of day)
crépuscule noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
crépuscule noun (final period of life)

Galician

3 entries

arrebol noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
posta de sol noun (time of day)
solpor noun (time of day)

Georgian

2 entries

დაისი noun (time of day)
მზის ჩასვლა noun (time of day)

German

4 entries

Abendrot noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
Lebensabend noun (final period of life)
Sonnenuntergang noun (time of day)
Sonnenuntergang noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)

Greek

3 entries

δύση noun (time of day)
δύση noun (final period of life)
ηλιοβασίλεμα noun (time of day)

Greenlandic

1 entries

seqerngup tarrinnera noun (time of day)

Hebrew

2 entries

שקיעה noun (time of day)
שקיעה noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)

Hindi

1 entries

सूर्यास्त noun (time of day)

Hungarian

4 entries

alkony noun (final period of life)
alkony noun (attributively: of or relating to the final period of life)
alkonypír noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
naplemente noun (time of day)

Icelandic

4 entries

sólarlag noun (time of day)
sólarlag noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
sólfall noun (time of day)
sólsetur noun (time of day)

Ido

1 entries

sunokusho noun (time of day)

Indonesian

4 entries

matahari terbenam noun (time of day)
mentari benam noun (time of day)
mentari masuk noun (time of day)
senja noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)

Ingrian

1 entries

päivänlasku noun (time of day)

Italian

4 entries

crepuscolo noun (time of day)
crepuscolo noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
occaso noun (time of day)
tramonto noun (time of day)

Japanese

4 entries

夕焼け noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
日の入り noun (time of day)
日没 noun (time of day)
黄昏 noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries

ōtsīnáp noun (time of day)
ōtsīnáp noun (final period of life)

Khmer

1 entries

ថ្ងៃលិច noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)

Korean

4 entries

일락 noun (time of day)
저녁놀 noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
해넘이 noun (time of day)
황혼 noun (time of day)

Latin

4 entries

crepusculum noun (time of day)
crepusculum noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
crepusculum noun (final period of life)
occasus noun (time of day)

Latvian

1 entries

saulriets noun (time of day)

Lithuanian

2 entries

saulėlydis noun (time of day)
saulėlydis noun (final period of life)

Low German

1 entries

Sünnünnergang noun (time of day)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Sonnenënnergang noun (time of day)

Macedonian

4 entries

залез noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
залез noun (final period of life)
зајдисонце noun (time of day)
зајдисонце noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)

Malayalam

2 entries

അസ്തമയം noun (time of day)
അസ്തമയം noun (final period of life)

Manchu

2 entries

ᡧᡠᠨ ᡨᡠᡥᡝᠮᠪᡳ noun (time of day)
ᡧᡠᠨ ᡩᠣᠰᡳᠮᠪᡳ noun (time of day)

Mizo

3 entries

chawhnû noun (final period of life)
ni tlâk noun (time of day)
ni tlâk noun (final period of life)

Māori

1 entries

kokomea noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)

Nahuatl

1 entries

aqui in tonatiuh noun (time of day)

Navajo

2 entries

iʼííʼą́ noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
iʼííʼą́ągo noun (time of day)

Norman

1 entries

couochi du solé noun (time of day)

Northern Sami

1 entries

beaivvášluoitádeapmi noun (time of day)

Norwegian

1 entries

solnedgang noun (time of day)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

soleglad noun (time of day)

Old English

1 entries

sunnan setlgang noun (time of day)

Old High German

1 entries

sunnūn sedalgang noun (time of day)

Oromo

1 entries

lixa biiftuu noun (time of day)

Ossetian

1 entries

хуры аныгуылд noun (time of day)

Panamint

1 entries

tape ikanna noun (time of day)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Sonnunjagank noun (time of day)

Polish

4 entries

zachód słońca noun (time of day)
zachód słońca noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
zmierzch noun (time of day)
zmierzch noun (final period of life)

Portuguese

4 entries

crepúsculo noun (time of day)
crepúsculo noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
crepúsculo noun (final period of life)
ocaso noun (time of day)

Romanian

4 entries

apus noun (time of day)
apus noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
apus noun (final period of life)
asfințire noun (time of day)

Romansch

1 entries

rendida dal sulegl noun (time of day)

Russian

4 entries

зака́т noun (time of day)
зака́т noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
зака́т noun (final period of life)
заря́ noun (time of day)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

dol fodha na grèine noun (time of day)
dol fodha na grèine noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

zalazak sunca noun (time of day)
zalazak sunca noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
zalaznica noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
zálaz noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)

Sicilian

2 entries

tracoḍḍu noun (time of day)
tracoḍḍu noun (attributively: of or relating to the final period of life)

Slovene

1 entries

sončni zahod noun (time of day)

Southern Altai

1 entries

ажар noun (time of day)

Southern Ohlone

1 entries

sosoronin noun (time of day)

Southern Sami

2 entries

biejjievælloe noun (time of day)
vælloe noun (time of day)

Spanish

4 entries

anochecer noun (time of day)
atardecer noun (time of day)
crepúsculo noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
ocaso noun (time of day)

Swahili

1 entries

machweo noun (time of day)

Swedish

2 entries

solnedgång noun (time of day)
solnedgång noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)

Tagalog

1 entries

sibsib noun (time of day)

Tatar

1 entries

кояш бату noun (time of day)

Telugu

1 entries

సూర్యాస్తమయము noun (time of day)

Thai

4 entries

ตกค่ำ noun (time of day)
ตอนค่ำ noun (time of day)
ตะวันตก noun (time of day)
เพล้โพล้ noun (time of day)

Tibetan

2 entries

ཉི་ནུབ noun (time of day)
ཉི་རྒས noun (time of day)

Tocharian B

1 entries

kauṃ-yaptsi noun (time of day)

Turkish

1 entries

gün batımı noun (time of day)

Tuvan

1 entries

кежээки хаяа noun (time of day)

Ukrainian

1 entries

за́хід со́нця noun (time of day)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

chowanje słónca noun (time of day)

Vietnamese

1 entries

hoàng hôn noun (time of day)

Volapük

2 entries

modonikam sola noun (time of day)
solamodonikam noun (time of day)

Welsh

4 entries

machlud noun (time of day)
machlud noun (changes in color of sky at sunset)
machlud noun (final period of life)
machlud haul noun (time of day)

Yiddish

4 entries

זון־אונטערגאַנג noun (time of day)
זון־אונטערגאַנגען noun (time of day)
זונפֿאַרגאַנג noun (time of day)
זונפֿאַרגאַנגען noun (time of day)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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We could see the sunset from the window.

Source: tatoeba (2045)

Mr Brown is in the sunset of his life.

Source: tatoeba (34234)

What a gorgeous sunset! Let's hang around for a couple of minutes and watch it.

Source: tatoeba (36029)

What a beautiful sunset!

Source: tatoeba (36133)

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

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