Synonyms of sunup
19 similar words
Another word for sunup is sunrise. Other synonyms of sunup are daybreak, sunlight, break, daylight and cockcrow.
Synonyms and similar words for sunup
nounThe time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
- sunriseThe time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
- daybreakThe beginning of the day; the first moment of daylight.
- dawn
- ass crack of dawn Canada, USAn intensifier, used in the same contexts as crack of dawn, but more intense.
- breakThe beginning (of the morning).
- break of dawnDaybreak.
- break of dayDaybreak.
- butt crack of dawn Canada, USAn intensifier, used in the same contexts as crack of dawn, but more intense.
- cockcrowThe time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light.
- crack of dawnThe first moment of daylight; the instant at which sunrise begins.
- daylightDaybreak.
- first light
- lauds
- sparrow-fart Australia, UK
- sun literary
- sunlightSynonym of sunrise.
- dayspring archaicThe beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; daybreak.
- solrise rareThe time of day when Sol, the sun in the Solar System, appears to rise over a planet's horizon.
- sunrising obsoleteSunrise, daybreak.
Meaning of sunup
- noun The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
- noun The change in color of the sky at sunup.
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