sunset

Meanings

Plural: sunsets

Noun

• the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
• atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun
• the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
• The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
• The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
• The final period of the life of a person or thing.
• A set termination date.
• The region where the sun sets; the west.

Adjective Satellite

• of a declining industry or technology
  • "sunset industries"
• providing for termination
  • "a program with a sunset provision"

Verb

• To phase out.

Synonyms

dusk, end, final act, last, nightfall, sundown, swansong, terminal, twilight

Antonyms

sunrise

Related Words

moonset

Anagrams of sunset