| 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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