sunrise
US/ˈsʌnɹaɪz/
sunrise noun: the time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
Noun
sunrise (countable and uncountable, plural sunrises)
- The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
- I'll meet you at the docks at sunrise.
- Synonyms:
- sunup, daybreak, sparrow-fart, ass crack of dawn, break, break of dawn, break of day, butt crack of dawn, cockcrow, crack of dawn
- The change in color of the sky at dawn.
- Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?
- Antonyms:
- sunset
- Any great awakening.
- It was the sunrise of her spirit.
- Her face shone for a moment with new and unearthly splendour, her eyes lighted up with a very sunrise of joy.1915, Mrs. Hugh Fraser, Storied Italy
- Antonyms:
- sunset
Verb
sunrise (third-person singular simple present sunrises, present participle sunrising, simple past and past participle sunrised)
- To phase in.
- In the first type (upper left quadrant), alternative industrial movements (AIMs) focus on the sunrising of new technologies.2015, Matthias Gross, Linsey McGoey, editors, Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies, Routledge, →ISBN
- Antonyms:
- sunset
- To awake.
- As I "sunrised" and breakfasted, I saw the party of men and women that had come to Horse Camp with the pack-train filing up the long slope below.1924, Claude Ewing Rusk, Tales Of A Western Mountaineer, A Record of Mountain Experiences on the Pacific Coast, page 301
- To cheer up, brighten, or illuminate.
- "That would be nice of you." She sunrised him again with her smile.1981, Hugh Zachary, To Guard The Right, page 63
Proper noun capitalized: Sunrise
Sunrise
- A census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
- A city in Broward County, Florida.
- A neighbourhood of the city of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Chisago County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Bath County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
- A ghost town in Platte County, Wyoming.
sunrise meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sunrise in Hindi
- time of day
- सूर्योदय sūryoday
sunrise in Tamil
- சூரிய உதயம், ஞாயிறு தோற்றம், புலர் காலை, கதிரவன் உதயம்
sunrise in Marathi
- sunrise
- सूर्योदय sūryoday
sunrise in Urdu
- time of day
- طُلُوع tulū', طُلوعِ آفْتاب tulo'-i āftāb
More languagesFewer languages
- sunrise in Bengali
- ভোর bhōr
- sunrise in Telugu
- సూర్యోదయము sūryōdayamu
- sunrise in Malayalam
- സൂര്യോദയം sūryōdayaṁ, ഉദയം udayaṁ
- sunrise in Kannada
- ಸೂರ್ಯೋದಯ sūryōdaya, ಉದಯ udaya
- sunrise in Punjabi
- ਸੂਰਜ ਚਡ਼੍ਹਨ, ਸੂਰਜ ਚਡ਼੍ਹਾਉਣਾ
- sunrise in Gujarati
- સૂર્યોદય
- sunrise in Odia
- ସୂର୍ଯ୍ଯ଼ୋଦଯ଼
- sunrise in Sanskrit
- प्रबुध् prabúdh
- sunrise in Nepali
- सूर्योदय
- sunrise in Arabic
- شُرُوق šurūq, شُرُوق الشَّمْس šurūq aš-šams, بُكُور bukūr, غُدْوَة ḡudwa
- sunrise in Malay
- matahari terbit
- sunrise in Indonesian
- matahari terbit, mentari terbit, mentari hidup, fajar
- sunrise in Thai
- ตะวันขึ้น, อรุณ à-run, ยามเช้า, เช้ามืด cháao-mʉ̂ʉt
- sunrise in Vietnamese
- bình minh
- sunrise in Myanmar
- နေထွက် nehtwak
Examples of sunrise in a sentence
- We have the great watchmaker to thank for these glorious sunrises and sunsets.
- After seventeen days of rain and floods, the 4 am sunrise was a sight for sore eyes.
- We have the great clockmaker to thank for these glorious sunrises and sunsets.
Synonyms of sunrise
- sunup
- daybreak
- sparrow-fart
- ass crack of dawn
- break
- break of dawn
- break of day
- butt crack of dawn
- cockcrow
- crack of dawn
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Antonyms
Forms of sunrise
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sunrises |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sunrises |
| present participle | sunrising |
| past participle | sunrised |
| past | sunrised |
Origin of sunrise
From Middle English sonne-rys, sunne ryse, equivalent to sun + rise. Compare Middle English son risyng, sunne rijsyng, sonne-rysing (“sunrise”, literally “sun rising”).
Words formed from sunrise
Phrases with sunrise
Questions about sunrise
- What does sunrise mean?
- Sunrise means the time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
- What is sunrise in Hindi?
- Sunrise in Hindi is सूर्योदय (sūryoday). See Sunrise meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sunrise?
- Sunrise can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sunrise?
- Sunrise is pronounced /ˈsʌnɹaɪz/ (US).
- What is the plural of sunrise?
- The plural of sunrise is sunrises.
Words near sunrise in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sunrise (page history and authors); Sunrise (page history and authors); sunrise (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सूर्योदय (Marathi) (page history and authors); ভোর (Bengali) (page history and authors); ഉദയം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); sunrise (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sunrise (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sunrise (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); प्रबुध् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); sunrise (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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