dawn

The word “dawn” has 1 syllable: dawn

It's pronounced as /dɔːn/


What is synonym and antonym for dawn?

In the thesaurus, “dawn” has 111 synonyms and 54 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for dawn along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for dawn

  • actualize
  • advent
  • alpha
  • appear
  • appearance
  • arise
  • arrival
  • arrive
  • aurora
  • baseline
  • be
  • begin
  • beginning
  • birth
  • break
  • break of day
  • breathe
  • bright
  • childhood
  • coalesce
  • cockcrow
  • cohere
  • come on
  • commence
  • commencement
  • continue
  • crack of dawn
  • cradle
  • creation
  • dawning
  • day
  • day one
  • day-peep
  • daybreak
  • daylight
  • daytime
  • debut
  • develop
  • drawing board
  • early bright
  • emerge
  • emergence
  • endure
  • engender
  • exist
  • first base
  • first blush
  • first light
  • forenoon
  • form
  • foundation
  • founding
  • fountain
  • fountainhead
  • genesis
  • germ
  • get-go
  • git-go
  • glimmer
  • ground zero
  • head
  • inauguration
  • inception
  • incipience
  • incipiency
  • infancy
  • initiate
  • initiation
  • institution
  • kickoff
  • last
  • launch
  • light
  • lighten
  • live
  • loom
  • materialize
  • morn
  • morning
  • nascence
  • nascency
  • onset
  • open
  • opening
  • origin
  • originate
  • origination
  • outset
  • outstart
  • persist
  • rise
  • root
  • seedbed
  • set in
  • show itself
  • source
  • spring
  • square one
  • start
  • subsist
  • sun
  • sunrise
  • sunup
  • survive
  • threshold
  • unfold
  • unfolding
  • wee hours
  • well
  • wellspring
  • youth

Antonyms for dawn

  • afternoon
  • cease
  • cessation
  • close
  • closing
  • closure
  • completion
  • conclude
  • conclusion
  • dark
  • darkness
  • death
  • decrease
  • depart
  • desist
  • die
  • disappear
  • discontinue
  • dissolve
  • dusk
  • effect
  • end
  • ending
  • evaporate
  • evening
  • eventide
  • expire
  • finale
  • finish
  • gloaming
  • halt
  • hide
  • lessen
  • midday
  • midnight
  • night
  • nightfall
  • nighttime
  • omega
  • pass away
  • period
  • perish
  • quit
  • result
  • set
  • setting
  • stop
  • sundown
  • sunset
  • terminate
  • termination
  • twilight
  • vanish
  • windup

Meanings of dawn

  • noun
    1. The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
    2. The rising of the sun.
    3. The time when the sun rises.
    4. The earliest phase of something.
  • verb
    1. To begin to brighten with daylight.
    2. To start to appear or be realized.
    3. To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

Example Sentences

  • Dawn broke over the horizon, painting the sky with hues of pink and orange.
  • At the dawn of the digital age, many traditional industries faced significant disruptions.
  • She greeted each new day with optimism, seeing every dawn as a fresh opportunity.
  • The dawn of civilization marked the beginning of human history as we know it.
  • As the sun rose at dawn, the village slowly came to life with the sounds of people starting their day.

On this page you'll find 165 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dawn, such as: actualize, advent, afternoon, alpha, appear, appearance, arise.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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nativity

  • Christmastide
  • Christmastime
  • Noel
  • Yule
  • Yuletide
  • accouchement
  • act of God
  • alpha
  • babyhood
  • bearing
  • bearing children
  • begetting
  • beginning
  • birth
  • birthing
  • birthplace
  • blast off
  • blessed event
  • breeding
  • childbearing
  • childbed
  • childbirth
  • commencement
  • conception
  • confinement
  • constitution
  • creation
  • dawn
  • dawning
  • day one
  • delivering
  • delivery
  • early stage
  • embarkation
  • emergence
  • entrance
  • entry
  • establishment
  • fatherhood
  • fathering
  • festive season
  • forging
  • formation
  • formulation
  • foundation
  • fount
  • fountain
  • fountainhead
  • generation
  • genesis
  • geniture
  • git go
  • imagination
  • inauguration
  • inception
  • infancy
  • ingress
  • initiation
  • institution
  • introduction
  • labor
  • launch
  • laying down
  • lying-in
  • making
  • maternity
  • motherhood
  • mothering
  • nascency
  • natality
  • nursery
  • opener
  • origin
  • origination
  • outbreak
  • outset
  • parenthood
  • parenting
  • parturience
  • parturition
  • paternity
  • procreation
  • producing
  • production
  • propagation
  • reproduction
  • rise
  • setting up
  • siring
  • source
  • spawning
  • spring
  • square one
  • start
  • starting point
  • travail
  • ultimate cause
  • visit from stork
  • visit from the stork
  • wellspring

day

  • afternoon
  • age
  • ascendancy
  • astronomical day
  • aurora
  • bit
  • bright
  • cockcrow
  • cycle
  • date
  • dawn
  • dawn-to-dark
  • dawning
  • daybreak
  • daylight
  • daytime
  • diurnal course
  • dusk
  • early bright
  • epoch
  • era
  • eve
  • evening
  • forenoon
  • generation
  • gloaming
  • height
  • heyday
  • light
  • light of day
  • mean solar day
  • morn
  • morning
  • nautical day
  • nightfall
  • noon
  • period
  • prime
  • sidereal day
  • space
  • span
  • spell
  • stretch
  • sun
  • sundown
  • sunlight
  • sunrise
  • sunrise-to-sunset
  • sunset
  • sunshine
  • sunup
  • term
  • time
  • twilight
  • vintage
  • while
  • working day
  • year
  • years
  • zenith

calf-love

  • affair
  • amour
  • attachment
  • crush
  • dalliance
  • dawn of love
  • entanglement
  • first love
  • fling
  • flirtation
  • hanky-panky
  • idyl
  • idyll
  • infatuation
  • intrigue
  • liaison
  • love
  • love affair
  • passion
  • puppy love
  • romance
  • young love

debuted

  • appeared
  • arose
  • arrived
  • blossomed
  • broke
  • broke out
  • bulked
  • came
  • came out
  • dawned
  • emerged
  • erupted
  • happened
  • issued
  • loomed
  • materialized
  • occurred
  • outcropped
  • reappeared
  • rematerialized
  • resurfaced
  • rose
  • showed
  • showed up
  • surfaced
  • turned up
  • unfolded

dawning

  • actualizing
  • appearing
  • arising
  • arriving
  • aurora
  • beginning
  • being
  • breaking
  • breathing
  • coalescing
  • cockcrow
  • cohering
  • coming on
  • commencing
  • continuing
  • crack of dawn
  • dawn
  • day
  • daybreak
  • daylight
  • daytime
  • emerging
  • enduring
  • engendering
  • existing
  • forenoon
  • forming
  • lasting
  • light
  • living
  • materializing
  • morn
  • morning
  • originating
  • persisting
  • setting in
  • springing
  • starting
  • subsisting
  • sun
  • sunrise
  • sunup
  • surviving

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