| Main Entry: | morning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first part of the day |
Synonyms: |
AM, after midnight, ante meridiem, aurora, before lunch, before noon, break of day, breakfast time, cockcrow, crack of dawn, dawn, daybreak, daylight, dayspring, early bright, first blush, foreday, forenoon, morn, morningtide, morrow, prime*, sunrise, sunup, wee hours |
| Concept: | Morning. [Noon] |
| Category: | 2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to succession |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
morning, morn, forenoon, a.m., prime, dawn, daybreak; dayspring, foreday, sunup; peep of day, break of day; aurora; first blush of the morning, first flush of the morning, prime of the morning; twilight, crepuscule, sunrise; cockcrow, cockcrowing; the small hours, the wee hours of the morning., spring; vernal equinox, first point of Aries., noon; midday, noonday; noontide, merodoam, prime; nooning, noontime., summer, midsummer, dog days.
-adjectives
matin, matutinal; vernal.
-adverbs
at sunrise; with the sun, with the lark, "when the morning dawns".
-phrases
"at shut of evening flowers" [Paradise Lost]; entre chien et loup; "flames in the forehead of the morning sky" [Milton]; "the breezy call of
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Antonyms: |
evening |
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| Main Entry: | dawn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning of day |
Synonyms: |
aurora, break of day, bright, cockcrow, crack of dawn, dawning, day peep, daybreak, daylight, early bright, first blush, first light, light, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup, wee hours |
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dusk, end, evening, eventide, setting, sundown, sunset |
| Main Entry: | daybreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning of light hours |
Synonyms: |
aurora, break of day, bright, cockcrow, crack of dawn, dawn, dawning, day peep, daylight, dayspring, early bright, first light, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup |
Antonyms: |
darkness, eventide, sundown, sunset |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luminescence from sun or other source |
Synonyms: |
aurora, beacon, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, bulb, candle, coruscation, dawn, daybreak, daylight, daytime, effulgence, emanation, flare, flash, fulgor, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, irradiation, lambency, lamp, lantern, lighthouse, luminosity, luster, morn, morning, phosphorescence, radiance, radiation, ray, refulgence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, star, sun, sunbeam, sunrise, sunshine, taper, torch, window |
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dark, darkness, night, obscurity |
| Main Entry: | prime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning; spring |
Synonyms: |
adolescence, aurora, dawn, daybreak, dew, greenness, juvenility, morn, morning, opening, puberty, pubescence, springtime, start, sunrise, sunup, tender years, vitality, youth, youthfulness |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, end |
| Main Entry: | sunrise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rise of sun above horizon |
Synonyms: |
aurora, break of day, bright, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, daylight, early bright, light, morn, morning, sunup |
Antonyms: |
sunset |
| Main Entry: | first blush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first glance |
Synonyms: |
break of day, brightening, crack of dawn, early morning, first brightening, first flush of morning, first impression, first light, first sight, morning, outset, peep of day, prime |
| Main Entry: | first light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daybreak |
Synonyms: |
aurora, break of day, cocklight, crack of dawn, dawn, dawning, dawnlight, day-peep, daylight, flush of the morning, glow, half-light, morning, peep of day, sunrise, sunup |
| Main Entry: | cockcrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dawn |
Synonyms: |
cockcrowing, dawning, daybreak, first light, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup |