Synonyms for dawn
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Daybreak — the rising of the sun
daybreak, sunrise, break of day, day-light, first light, sun-up, aurora, twilight, break, light, peep of day, cock-crow, sunlight, break of dawn, prime, morning dated, day-dawn dated, dayspring dated
2. Beginning — the earliest phase of something
Other
Verb
1. Fall into place
come home, fall into place, get through informal, get across, sink in, penetrate, click
Definitions
- n. 1
The rising of the sun.
- n. 2
The earliest phase of something.
The dawn of civilization didn't imply twilight of barbarity.
- v. 1
To begin to brighten with daylight.
Related words
- Word family
- dawnless dawnlike dawning
- Phrases
- crack of dawn break of dawn dawn on dawn chorus dawn choir dawn horse dawn of time dawn poppy
- Is a kind of
- twilight
Example sentences
- sunrise The farmer rose at sunrise and worked till sunset.
- daybreak After that was a feast that lasted until daybreak.
- beginning Will we be in time for the beginning of the party?
- onset We were surprised by the onset of cold weather.
By length
- 4 letters
- open2, rise1
- 5 letters
- start1, light1, break1, prime1, begin2, click1, onset2, gleam1
- 6 letters
- appear2, aurora3
- 7 letters
- morning2, sunrise2, glimpse1, daydawn
- 8 letters
- sunlight2, twilight2, daybreak2
- 9 letters
- beginning3, penetrate3, dayspring
- 12 letters
- commencement3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (open2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- aube
- Italiano
- alba
- Español
- alba
- Deutsch
- Morgengrauen
- Català
- alba