crepuscular

The word “crepuscular” has 4 syllables: cre-pus-cu-lar

It's pronounced as /krəˈpʌskjələr/


What is synonym and antonym for crepuscular?

In the thesaurus, “crepuscular” has 49 synonyms and 41 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for crepuscular along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for crepuscular

Antonyms for crepuscular

  • ablaze
  • agleam
  • aglitter
  • alight
  • beaming
  • beamy
  • bright
  • brightened
  • brilliant
  • effulgent
  • floodlighted
  • floodlit
  • glaring
  • glossy
  • glowing
  • highlighted
  • illuminated
  • illumined
  • incandescent
  • lambent
  • light
  • lighted
  • lightsome
  • lit
  • lucent
  • lucid
  • luminous
  • lustrous
  • moonlit
  • moony
  • radiant
  • relucent
  • resplendent
  • shining
  • shiny
  • sparkling
  • spotlighted
  • spotlit
  • starlit
  • sunlit
  • ultrabright

Meanings of crepuscular

  • adjective
    1. Of or resembling twilight; dim.
    2. Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight.

Example Sentences

  • The deer are most active during the crepuscular hours of dawn and dusk.
  • She photographed the landscape under a soft, crepuscular light.
  • Many insects exhibit crepuscular behavior to avoid daytime predators.
  • The forest takes on an almost magical quality in its crepuscular glow.
  • Biologists studied the crepuscular habits of certain desert animals.

On this page you'll find 90 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to crepuscular, such as: ablaze, agleam, aglitter, alight, beaming, beamy, beclouded.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

lackluster

obfuscated

caliginous

dark

darkened

  • abased
  • adumbrated
  • angered
  • aphotic
  • atramentous
  • bastardized
  • beclouded
  • bedimmed
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  • begrimed
  • besmeared
  • besmirched
  • black
  • blacked out
  • blackened
  • blackish
  • bleared
  • blemished
  • blotted out
  • blurred
  • bristled
  • brooded
  • caliginous
  • camouflaged
  • cheapened
  • cheerless
  • cimmerian
  • cloaked
  • closed in
  • clouded
  • cloudy
  • colored
  • concealed
  • corrupted
  • covered
  • crepuscular
  • curtained
  • dark
  • darkish
  • darkling
  • darksome
  • debased
  • debauched
  • degraded
  • demeaned
  • demoralized
  • depraved
  • dim
  • dimmed
  • dingy
  • dirtied
  • dirty
  • discolored
  • discredited
  • disgraced
  • disguised
  • dishonored
  • dislimned
  • dismal
  • distorted
  • drab
  • dreary
  • dull
  • dulled
  • dun
  • dusk
  • dusked
  • dusky
  • eclipsed
  • faded
  • faint
  • filmy
  • filthy
  • fogged
  • foggy
  • foul
  • fouled
  • frosty
  • frowned
  • fuliginous
  • fumed
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  • glared
  • gloomed
  • gloomy
  • glowered
  • glowering
  • gray
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  • grubby
  • hazed
  • hazy
  • hid
  • ill-lighted
  • impenetrable
  • indistinct
  • inky
  • intimidated
  • lackluster
  • leaden
  • lightless
  • loured
  • lowered
  • lowering
  • lurid
  • lusterless
  • marred
  • masked
  • menaced
  • misted
  • misty
  • moonless
  • moped
  • mucky
  • muddied
  • muddy
  • murky
  • nasty
  • nebulous
  • nontranslucent
  • nontransparent
  • nubilous
  • obfuscated
  • obfuscous
  • obliterated
  • obscure
  • obscured
  • opaque
  • overcast
  • overclouded
  • overshadowed
  • pale
  • perverted
  • petted
  • pitch-black
  • pitch-dark
  • pitchy
  • poisoned
  • polluted
  • pouted
  • raged
  • rayless
  • roily
  • sad
  • sank
  • scowled
  • screened
  • shaded
  • shadowed
  • shadowlike
  • shadowy
  • shady
  • shamed
  • shrouded
  • smeared
  • smirched
  • smoggy
  • smoky
  • smudged
  • smutted
  • soiled
  • somber
  • sombre
  • sooty
  • soupy
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • squalid
  • stained
  • stared
  • starless
  • steamed
  • stormed
  • stormy
  • stygian
  • subverted
  • sulked
  • sullied
  • sunk
  • sunless
  • tainted
  • tarnished
  • tarred
  • tenebrific
  • tenebrous
  • thick
  • threatened
  • touched
  • turbid
  • twilit
  • twisted
  • unclean
  • unlighted
  • unlit
  • vague
  • veiled
  • vitiated
  • waned

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