sunset

1. 1.

   of a declining industry or technology

   “sunset industries”

   Similarold
2. 2.

   providing for termination

   “a program with a sunset provision”

   Similarlast

Other forms of sunset

plural

sunsets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sunset

What does sunset mean?

sunset means "the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sunset?

sunset has 2 syllables: sun-set. The stress falls on "sun". In IPA it is /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/.

What is another word for sunset?

Close synonyms include sundown. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of sunset?

The recorded antonyms are sunrise.

Is sunset a common word?

sunset is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sunset?

23 words rhyme with sunset. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.