Synonyms and antonyms of The coming of night and day in American Thesaurus

break (verb)

when day breaks, it starts to get light in the morning

close in (literary)

literary if night or darkness closes in, it becomes night, or it gets darker

night falls ()

when night falls, it becomes dark

sunrise (noun)

the appearance of the sky when the sun first appears in the morning

sunset (noun)

the appearance of the sky when the sun goes down below the horizon at the end of a day

twilight (noun)

the light from the sky at twilight

draw out ()

when the days draw out, it remains light for longer because it will soon be spring

dawn (verb)

if a day or morning dawns, it begins to get light

draw in ()

when the nights or days draw in, it becomes dark earlier in the evening because it will soon be winter

close in (literary)

literary if the days close in, there are fewer hours of light each day because Fall is starting

darkness/night/dusk falls ()

it becomes dark in the evening

descend (verb)

literary if night or darkness descends, it starts to get dark