Synonyms for SUNSET
ˈsʌnˌsɛtsun·set

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1. sunsetnoun

   Antonyms:
   sunrise

2. sunsetnoun

   To phase out.

   We'll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.

   Synonyms:
   twilight, sundown, nightfall, dusk

   Antonyms:
   sunrise

3. sunsetnoun

   Antonyms:
   sunrise

4. sunsetnoun

   Antonyms:
   sunrise

5. sunsetnoun

   one's sunset years

   Antonyms:
   sunrise

6. sunsetnoun

   The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.

   Antonyms:
   sunrise

7. sunsetnoun

   Synonyms:
   end, twilight, final act, last, swansong, terminal

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1. sunset, sundownnoun

   the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

   Synonyms:
   sunset, sundown

   Antonyms:
   dawn, daybreak, dayspring, sunup, break of day, aurora, sunrise, dawning, cockcrow, break of the day, first light, morning, first, new

2. sunsetnoun

   atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun

   Synonyms:
   sundown

   Antonyms:
   first light, break of the day, morning, cockcrow, dawning, sunrise, aurora, daybreak, dawn, dayspring, break of day, sunup, new, first

3. sunsetadjective

   the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

   Synonyms:
   sundown

   Antonyms:
   dawning, dayspring, dawn, sunup, cockcrow, break of the day, daybreak, first light, aurora, sunrise, morning, break of day, first, new

4. sunsetadjective

   of a declining industry or technology

   "sunset industries"

   Synonyms:
   sunset(a)

   Antonyms:
   dawning, break of day, cockcrow, dayspring, sunup, dawn, daybreak, aurora, break of the day, first light, sunrise, morning, new, first

5. sunset(a)adjective

   providing for termination

   "a program with a sunset provision"

   Antonyms:
   sunrise, daybreak, morning, sunup, dawning, first light, dayspring, cockcrow, dawn, aurora, break of the day, break of day, new, first

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1. • Atmospheric Phenomenon

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1. sunsetnoun

   Synonyms:
   evening, sundown, close of the day

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1. List of paraphrases for "sunset":

   sundown, dusk, twilight, sunsetting, nightfall, extinction, sun, sunrise, bedtime, extinguishment, expiry, hanger

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1. Andrew Lincoln:

   Scott Gimple called me up and said, ‘ William Riggs’re going to hate this one. ’ Scott Gimple’s very good about alerting the cast when there’s going to be a( character) death, i just did n’t speak for a minute. I always thought Carl was going to be the one who led the show forward ; that Rick would hand over his boots and revolver when he walked off into the sunset in Season 28.

2. Nancy Pelosi:

   Americans know that these dinosaurs should be lumbering off into the sunset – at least Trump was only in Washington for 4 years.

3. Donald Trump:

   The deal's sunset provisions are totally unacceptable. If I allowed this deal to stand, there would soon be a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Everyone would want their weapons ready by the time Iran had theirs.

4. Benjamin F Sullivan:

   God is discovered entirely through creation - the brilliance of a sunset, the powerful roar of a waterfall, the symphony of sounds you hear in the heart of the forest, or the vastness of space and its countless stars. God is the mastermind behind all matter - every earth shattering scientific discovery and mystery that is yet to be unraveled was dreamed and enacted by God.

5. Joe Biden:

   For example, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, the guy has been saying for a year – for a long time that he wants to sunset Social Security and Medicare every five years, what that means is: Every five years it comes up, if you don’t vote for it back in existence again with the same – exactly like it was, it goes away. Or you can reduce it. You can do whatever you want. But every five years, it has to be voted on. Now he says, ‘Never mind’. Don’t need to do that.