All dawn synonyms
dawn
D d verb dawn
- start β to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- loom β loon1 .
- unfold β to bring out of a folded state; spread or open out: Unfold your arms.
- begin β To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- rise β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- develop β When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- appear β If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.
- lighten β to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
- originate β to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise: The practice originated during the Middle Ages.
- initiate β to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
- glimmer β a faint or unsteady light; gleam.
- open β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- commence β When something commences or you commence it, it begins.
- occur β to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- strike β to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
adjective dawn
- late β occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- late-night β of or occurring late at night: a late-night TV talk show.
noun dawn
- sunrise β a city in SE Florida.
- crack of dawn β the very instant that the sun rises
- daybreak β Daybreak is the time in the morning when light first appears.
- first light β dawn.
- daylight β Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark.
- morning β the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon.
- cockcrow β daybreak
- sunup β sunrise, especially the time of sunrise.
- dawning β gradually beginning to become light
- aurora β an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands, curtains, or streamers of light, usually green, red, or yellow, that move across the sky in polar regions. It is caused by collisions between air molecules and charged particles from the sun that are trapped in the earth's magnetic field
- light β a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- morn β morning.
- break of day β dawn; daybreak.
- bright β A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.
- wee hours β the first few hours after midnight
- beginning β The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- birth β When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
- origin β something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin.
- commencement β The commencement of something is its beginning.
- genesis β an origin, creation, or beginning.
- advent β In the Christian church, Advent is the period between Advent Sunday, the Sunday closest to the 30th of November, and Christmas Day.
- inception β beginning; start; commencement.
- alpha β the first letter in the Greek alphabet (Ξ, Ξ±), a vowel transliterated as a
- foundation β the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- head β Edith, 1897β1981, U.S. costume designer.
- onset β a beginning or start: the onset of winter.
- opening β an open or clear space.
- outset β the beginning or start: I wanted to explain the situation at the outset.
- source β any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?