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:
   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. Bill Brooks:

   I knew I had about a ten or 15 minute slot before sunset when the starlings would come in to roost under the pier and could murmurate, i wasnt expecting it to be so spectacular.

2. Ned Price:

   Allowing Section 215 to sunset would result in the loss, going forward, of a critical national security tool that is used in a variety of additional contexts that do not involve the collection of bulk data.

3. Greg Leiserson:

   Particularly for a bill like this, large timing gimmicks, like the sunset, become really important.

4. Antti Viljakainen:

   The paper sunset will continue, in the long term they will have to patch the hole in the cash flow somehow, and there is no clear plan for that.

5. Andrew Wylie:

   They were going to meet down by the power plant, drive -- I'm not going to say into the sunset, because it was after midnight and it was dark out -- but they were going to drive, potentially to an area that was about seven hours away.