nightfall

night-fall · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The time in the evening when it becomes dark; the onset of night.

  2. 2.

    The period of transition from daylight to darkness.

Related words

Antonyms: dawn, daybreak, sunrise
See also: dusk, evening, twilight
Synonyms: dusk, sundown, twilight

Etymology

Compound of night + fall, from the concept of darkness "falling" upon the land.