eventide
7 synonyms and 3 antonyms for eventide, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The evening; the closing part of the day, especially at dusk.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Antonyms
How to use eventide
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
at eventide
the cool of eventide
Archaic and literary; using it in everyday conversation sounds deliberately quaint.
Etymology
From Old English æfentid, from æfen 'evening' and tid 'time'.
Full origin of eventide →Frequently asked questions
Is eventide still used in modern English?
Rarely in ordinary speech. It survives in hymns and poetry, in the name of the tune Eventide (sung to 'Abide with Me'), and in the names of care homes and cottages, where it carries a settled, old-fashioned warmth.
What is the difference between eventide and twilight?
Eventide names the whole evening period as a stretch of time, with a poetic or archaic flavour. Twilight names the particular half-light between sunset and darkness, and is an ordinary word still in everyday use.
