nightfall
The word “nightfall” has 2 syllables: night-fall
It's pronounced as /ˈnaɪtˌfɔl/
What is synonym and antonym for nightfall?
In the thesaurus, “nightfall” has 17 synonyms and 14 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for nightfall along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for nightfall
- crepuscle
- crepuscule
- dark
- darkness
- dim
- dusk
- eve
- evenfall
- evening
- eventide
- gloaming
- night
- nighttime
- sundown
- sunset
- twilight
- vespers
Antonyms for nightfall
Meanings of nightfall
- noun
- The close of the day; the coming of night.
Example Sentences
- We had to reach the cabin before nightfall.
- The forest grew darker as nightfall approached.
- By nightfall, the sky was filled with stars.
- They planned to return to camp by nightfall.
- A cool breeze swept through the valley at nightfall.
On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nightfall, such as: aurora, cockcrow, crepuscle, crepuscule, dark, darkness, dawn.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
dark
- Cimmerian
- Delphian
- Delphic
- abstruse
- ambiguous
- anagogic
- analphabetic
- aphotic
- arcane
- artless
- atramentous
- atrocious
- bad
- baffling
- banned
- barred
- base
- beclouded
- bedimmed
- befogged
- benighted
- bewildering
- black
- blackish
- blackness
- blackout
- blamable
- blameworthy
- bleak
- blue
- brainless
- brownout
- brunet
- brunette
- cabalistic
- caliginous
- callow
- candlelight
- censurable
- cheerless
- chill
- cimmerian
- circuitous
- clandestine
- cloaked
- close
- closemouthed
- clouded
- cloudiness
- cloudy
- cold
- colorless
- comfortless
- complex
- complicated
- concealed
- concealment
- condemned
- confounding
- confusing
- contemptible
- corrupt
- covert
- crepuscular
- cruel
- cryptic
- cursed
- curst
- cussed
- damnable
- darkened
- darkening
- darkish
- darkling
- darkness
- darksome
- dead of night
- debased
- debauched
- deep
- defiling
- degenerate
- dejected
- denseness
- depraved
- depressed
- depressing
- depressive
- desolate
- desperate
- despicable
- despondent
- difficult
- dim
- dimmed
- dimness
- dimout
- dingy
- dire
- dirty
- disallowed
- discomfiting
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- discouraging
- discreet
- disguised
- disheartening
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- dismal
- dismaying
- dispiriting
- disreputable
- dissolute
- distressful
- distressing
- doleful
- double-edged
- dour
- down
- drab
- drear
- dreary
- dreich
- droopy
- dull
- dulled
- dullness
- dulness
- dumb
- dun
- dusk
- dusky
- eerie
- eery
- elegiac
- elegiacal
- elliptic
- elliptical
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- equivocal
- errant
- erring
- esoteric
- evening
- evil
- evil-minded
- execrable
- faint
- faintness
- fallen
- fogginess
- foggy
- foolish
- forbidden
- forbidding
- foreboding
- forlorn
- foul
- frowning
- fuliginous
- functionally illiterate
- funereal
- furtive
- fuzzy
- gloaming
- gloom
- gloominess
- gloomy
- glowering
- glum
- godforsaken
- gray
- grayness
- green
- grey
- grim
- half-light
- hangdog
- haziness
- hazy
- hellish
- hopeless
- horrible
- hugger-mugger
- idiotic
- idiotical
- ignoble
- ignorant
- ill
- ill-lighted
- illegal
- illiterate
- imbecile
- imbecilic
- immoral
- impalpable
- impenetrable
- improper
- inappreciable
- incomprehensible
- inconsolable
- incorrect
- indecent
- indecipherable
- indecorous
- indefinite
- indirect
- indistinct
- indistinguishable
- inexact
- inexperienced
- inexplicable
- inexplicit
- infamous
- infernal
- iniquitous
- inky
- innocent
- innumerate
- inscrutability
- inscrutable
- intangible
- interdicted
- intricate
- invisible
- joyless
- knotty
- lackluster
- lamentable
- leaden
- libertine
- lightless
- lonely
- lonesome
- loose
- louring
- loury
- lousy
- low
- low-minded
- lowbrow
- lowering
- lowery
- lugubrious
- lurid
- masked
- mean
- melancholic
- melancholy
- menacing
- midnight
- mirthless
- miserable
- mistiness
- misty
- moonless
- morbid
- moronic
- morose
- mournful
- muddy
- murk
- murkiness
- murky
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystical
- mystifying
- naive
- nasty
- naughty
- nebulous
- nefarious
- negative
- night
- nightfall
- nighttime
- noncommittal
- nonliterate
- not known
- noxious
- obfuscatory
- obfuscous
- objectionable
- obnubilated
- obscene
- obscurant
- obscurantic
- obscure
- obscured
- obscurity
- obtuse
- occult
- offensive
- ominous
- opaque
- oppressive
- outlawed
- overcast
- pale
- paleness
- pernicious
- perplexing
- perverted
- pessimistic
- pestilential
- philistine
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- pitchy
- plaintive
- plutonian
- prohibited
- proscribed
- prudent
- puzzling
- questionable
- quiet
- raw
- rayless
- recondite
- reprehensible
- reprobate
- reserved
- reticent
- rotten
- roundabout
- rude
- sad
- saturnine
- scowling
- scrofulous
- seclusion
- secrecy
- secret
- secretive
- semidarkness
- semiliterate
- senseless
- sepulchral
- shade
- shaded
- shadiness
- shadowlike
- shadows
- shadowy
- shady
- shrouded
- sick
- silent
- silly
- simple
- sinful
- sinister
- smoggy
- sneak
- sneaky
- snide
- solemn
- somber
- somberness
- sombre
- sooty
- sordid
- sorrowful
- soupy
- sphinxlike
- starless
- stealthy
- stupid
- stygian
- sulky
- sullen
- sunless
- surreptitious
- swart
- swarthy
- taciturn
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- thickness
- threatening
- tight-lipped
- tight-mouthed
- twilight
- twilit
- ugly
- umbra
- umbrage
- unanswerable
- unauthorized
- unbecoming
- uncanny
- uncertain
- unclean
- unclear
- uncommunicative
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- undefined
- undercover
- underhand
- underhanded
- undetermined
- uneducated
- unenlightened
- unethical
- unfathomable
- ungodly
- unhappy
- unhealthy
- uninstructed
- unknowable
- unknowledgeable
- unlawful
- unlearned
- unlettered
- unlighted
- unlit
- unprincipled
- unpropitious
- unread
- unrighteous
- unsavory
- unschooled
- unscrupulous
- unseemly
- unskilled
- unsophisticated
- untaught
- untrained
- untutored
- unwholesome
- upsetting
- vague
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- vulgar
- weird
- wicked
- witching hour
- witless
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
- wrong
darkness
- Cimmerian shade
- abstruseness
- abstrusity
- ambiguity
- ambiguousness
- black
- blackness
- blackout
- bleakness
- brownout
- candlelight
- circuitousness
- circuity
- cloud
- cloudiness
- complexity
- complication
- concealment
- crepuscule
- dark
- deepness
- denseness
- depression
- depth
- despair
- despondency
- difficulty
- dimness
- dimout
- doom
- dullness
- dulness
- dusk
- dysphoria
- eclipse
- equivocalness
- equivocation
- evening
- faintness
- fog
- fogginess
- fuzziness
- gloaming
- gloom
- gloominess
- grayness
- grimness
- half-light
- haze
- haziness
- ignorance
- impenetrability
- incomprehensibility
- incomprehensibleness
- indefiniteness
- indirectness
- indistinctness
- inscrutability
- inscrutableness
- lightlessness
- mantle
- melancholy
- midnight
- misery
- mist
- mistiness
- morbidity
- moroseness
- murk
- murkiness
- mysteriousness
- mystery
- nebulosity
- nebulousness
- negativity
- night
- nightfall
- nighttime
- obliqueness
- obliquity
- oblivion
- obscurity
- obtuseness
- opacity
- opaqueness
- paleness
- pall
- penumbra
- pitch-darkness
- privacy
- profoundness
- reconditeness
- seclusion
- secrecy
- semidarkness
- shade
- shadiness
- shadow
- shadows
- shroud
- smokiness
- somberness
- tenebrosity
- twilight
- umbra
- umbrage
- unawareness
- uncertainty
- vagueness
- veil
half-light
- afterglow
- afterlight
- aurora
- black
- blackness
- blackout
- break of day
- brownout
- candlelight
- cloudiness
- cocklight
- crack of dawn
- crepuscular light
- dark
- darkness
- dawn
- dawning
- dawnlight
- day-peep
- daylight
- decline
- dimness
- dimout
- dullness
- dulness
- dusk
- early evening
- ebb
- end
- evening
- eventide
- faintness
- first flush of morning
- fogginess
- gloaming
- gloom
- gloominess
- glow
- grayness
- haziness
- last phase
- late afternoon
- midnight
- mistiness
- morning
- murk
- murkiness
- night
- nightfall
- paleness
- peep of day
- semidarkness
- shade
- shadiness
- shadows
- somberness
- sundown
- sunrise
- sunset
- sunup
- twilight
- umbra
- umbrage
obscureness
- ambiguity
- ambiguousness
- caliginosity
- circumlocution
- cloudiness
- darkness
- dead of night
- dimness
- dusk
- duskiness
- equivocalness
- equivocation
- evening
- gloom
- indefiniteness
- midnight
- murk
- murkiness
- nebulousness
- night
- nightfall
- nighttime
- obscurity
- opacity
- quibbling
- semidarkness
- shade
- shadows
- shuffle
- tergiversation
- twilight
- uncertainty
- unclearness
- witching hour
day
- afternoon
- age
- ascendancy
- astronomical day
- aurora
- bit
- bright
- cockcrow
- cycle
- date
- dawn
- dawn-to-dark
- dawning
- daybreak
- daylight
- daytime
- diurnal course
- dusk
- early bright
- epoch
- era
- eve
- evening
- forenoon
- generation
- gloaming
- height
- heyday
- light
- light of day
- mean solar day
- morn
- morning
- nautical day
- nightfall
- noon
- period
- prime
- sidereal day
- space
- span
- spell
- stretch
- sun
- sundown
- sunlight
- sunrise
- sunrise-to-sunset
- sunset
- sunshine
- sunup
- term
- time
- twilight
- vintage
- while
- working day
- year
- years
- zenith