nnoun.timethe time of day immediately following sunsetSynset:crepuscle crepuscule dusk evenfall fall gloam gloaming nightfall
Examples:- he loved the twilight
- they finished before the fall of night
Derivationally Related Form:duskycrepuscular
Part Holonyms:eve even evening eventide
Hypernyms:hour time of day
Inherited Hypernyms:twilighthourclock timereadingdatuminformationcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:night
nnoun.phenomenonthe diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earthHypernyms:light visible light visible radiation
Inherited Hypernyms:twilightlightactinic radiationelectromagnetic radiationradiationenergyphysical phenomenonnatural phenomenonphenomenonprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.statea condition of decline following successesExamples:- in the twilight of the empire
Hypernyms:declination decline
Inherited Hypernyms:twilightdeclineconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
adj satadj.alllighted by or as if by twilightSynset:dusky twilit
Examples:- The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding
- the twilight glow of the sky
- a boat on a twilit river
Antonyms:light
Derivationally Related Form:duskduskiness
Inherited Hypernyms:dusky
Similar to:dark