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Synonyms of twilight

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Another word for twilight is half-light. Other synonyms of twilight are gloaming and glooming.

Synonyms and similar words for twilight

nounThe soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun...

  • half-lightThe soft, greyish light characteristic of dawn or dusk.

nounThe time when said light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.

  • blue hourThe period of twilight when the Sun is approximately 4-8° below the horizon and the sky is within a range of blue...

adjectiveSynonym of mesopelagic (“Describing the pelagic zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and...

  • mesopelagicDescribing the pelagic zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones...

nounMore synonyms

  • gloamingTwilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.
  • crepusculumCrepuscule; twilight; dusk.
  • dimmet UK, dialectalTwilight; dusk; crepusculum.
  • gloomingTwilight of morning or evening; the gloaming.
  • crepuscule archaicTwilight.
  • evenglome literary, rareTwilight; dusk; crepusculum.
  • tweenlight dialectal, rareThe period between dusk and nightfall; twilight.

Meaning of twilight

  1. noun The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
  2. noun The time when said light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
  3. noun Any faint light through which something is seen.

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Questions about synonyms of twilight

What is another word for twilight?
Twilight has 10 synonyms on Word.ws, such as half-light, gloaming and glooming.
What does twilight mean?
Twilight means the soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

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