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| Main Entry: | morning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first part of the day |
| Synonyms: | aurora, break of day, dawn, daybreak, daylight, first blush*, prime*, sunrise, AM, after midnight, ante meridiem, before lunch, before noon, breakfast time, cockcrow, crack of dawn, dayspring, early bright, foreday, forenoon, morn, morningtide, morrow, sunup, wee hours |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| 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 |
| Main Entry: | daybreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning of light hours |
| Synonyms: | aurora, break of day, bright, dawn, daylight, first light, morning, sunrise, cockcrow, crack of dawn, dawning, day peep, dayspring, early bright, morn, sunup |
| Antonyms: | darkness, sundown, sunset, eventide |
| Main Entry: | sunrise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rise of sun above horizon |
| Synonyms: | aurora, break of day*, bright, dawn, daybreak, daylight, light, morning, cockcrow, dawning, early bright, morn, sunup |
| Antonyms: | sunset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | first blush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first glance |
| Synonyms: | break of day, first light, morning, outset, prime, brightening, crack of dawn, early morning, first brightening, first flush of morning, first impression, first sight, peep of day |
| Main Entry: | first light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daybreak |
| Synonyms: | aurora, break of day, dawn, daylight, glow, morning, sunrise, cocklight, crack of dawn, dawning, dawnlight, day-peep, flush of the morning, half-light, peep of day, sunup |
| Main Entry: | dawn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning of day |
| Synonyms: | aurora, break of day, bright, daybreak, daylight, first blush, first light, light, morning, sunrise, cockcrow, crack of dawn, dawning, day peep, early bright, morn, sunup, wee hours |
| Antonyms: | dusk, end, evening, setting, sundown, sunset, eventide |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luminescence from sun or other source |
| Synonyms: | aurora, beacon, blaze, brightness, bulb, candle, dawn, daybreak, daylight, effulgence, emanation, flare, flash, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, illumination, lamp, lantern, luminosity, luster, morning, radiance, radiation, ray, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, star, sun, sunrise, taper, torch, window, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, daytime, fulgor, incandescence, irradiation, lambency, lighthouse, morn, phosphorescence, refulgence, scintillation, sunbeam, sunshine |
| Antonyms: | dark, darkness, night, obscurity |
| Main Entry: | prime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning; spring |
| Synonyms: | adolescence, aurora, dawn, daybreak, dew, morning, opening, puberty, start, sunrise, vitality, youth, greenness, juvenility, morn, pubescence, springtime, sunup, tender years, youthfulness |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end |
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