daybreak

The word “daybreak” has 2 syllables: day-break

It's pronounced as /ˈdeɪˌbreɪk/


What is synonym and antonym for daybreak?

In the thesaurus, “daybreak” has 21 synonyms and 15 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for daybreak

  • aurora
  • break of day
  • bright
  • cockcrow
  • crack of dawn
  • dawn
  • dawning
  • day
  • day-peep
  • daylight
  • dayspring
  • daytime
  • early bright
  • first light
  • forenoon
  • light
  • morn
  • morning
  • sun
  • sunrise
  • sunup

Antonyms for daybreak

  • afternoon
  • dark
  • darkness
  • dusk
  • evening
  • eventide
  • gloaming
  • midday
  • midnight
  • night
  • nightfall
  • nighttime
  • sundown
  • sunset
  • twilight

Meanings of daybreak

  • noun
    1. Dawn.

Example Sentences

  • Daybreak painted the sky in hues of orange and pink, signaling the start of a new day.
  • The weary travelers eagerly awaited daybreak to resume their journey through the mountains.
  • At daybreak, the birds began their cheerful chorus, welcoming the dawn.
  • The fishermen set out on the calm waters just as daybreak illuminated the horizon.
  • As daybreak approached, the city slowly stirred to life, with streets bustling with activity.

On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to daybreak, such as: afternoon, aurora, break of day, bright, cockcrow, crack of dawn, dark.

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

Related Words

early

  • a bit previous
  • aboriginal
  • abrupt
  • advanced
  • age-old
  • aged
  • ahead of time
  • ancient
  • anon
  • antecedent
  • antediluvian
  • anticipative
  • anticipatory
  • antiquated
  • antique
  • apropos
  • at once
  • before the appointed time
  • beforehand
  • betimes
  • brand-new
  • briefly
  • bright and early
  • budding
  • dateless
  • daybreak
  • direct
  • directly
  • early bird
  • early morning
  • embryonic
  • ere long
  • far ahead
  • first
  • first blush
  • first flush of morning
  • first light
  • fresh
  • freshly
  • germinal
  • hoary
  • immature
  • immediate
  • immediately
  • in a jiffy
  • in advance
  • in an instant
  • in good time
  • in no time
  • in the bud
  • in time
  • infant
  • initial
  • inopportune
  • inopportunely
  • instantaneously
  • instantly
  • matinal
  • new
  • newly
  • obsolete
  • old
  • on short notice
  • on the dot
  • original
  • out-of-date
  • outmoded
  • overearly
  • oversoon
  • preceding
  • precipitant
  • precocious
  • precociously
  • preexistent
  • prehistoric
  • prehistorical
  • premature
  • prematurely
  • premier
  • presently
  • presto
  • prevenient
  • previous
  • primal
  • prime
  • primeval
  • primitive
  • primitively
  • primordial
  • prior
  • pristine
  • proleptical
  • prompt
  • promptly
  • pronto
  • proximately
  • punctual
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  • quick
  • raw
  • recent
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  • right away
  • seasonable
  • seasonably
  • shortly
  • soon
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  • straightaway
  • sudden
  • summarily
  • thereon
  • thereupon
  • timely
  • too soon
  • unanticipated
  • undeveloped
  • unexpected
  • unexpectedly
  • unforeseen
  • unlooked-for
  • unseasonable
  • unseasonably
  • untimely
  • with time to spare
  • without delay
  • young

lambency

  • afterglow
  • aurora
  • beacon
  • blaze
  • bloom
  • blossom
  • blush
  • brightness
  • brilliance
  • brilliancy
  • bulb
  • burnish
  • candescence
  • candle
  • candor
  • coruscation
  • dawn
  • daybreak
  • daylight
  • daytime
  • dazzle
  • effulgence
  • emanation
  • fire
  • flame
  • flare
  • flash
  • flicker
  • fluorescence
  • flush
  • fulgor
  • glare
  • glaze
  • gleam
  • glimmer
  • glint
  • glisten
  • glitter
  • glitz
  • gloss
  • glow
  • gusto
  • heat
  • illumination
  • incandescence
  • intensity
  • iridescence
  • irradiation
  • lamp
  • lantern
  • light
  • lighthouse
  • lightness
  • luminance
  • luminescence
  • luminosity
  • luminousness
  • luster
  • lustre
  • lustrousness
  • morn
  • morning
  • opalescence
  • passion
  • patina
  • phosphorescence
  • polish
  • radiance
  • radiation
  • ray
  • refulgence
  • resplendence
  • rub
  • scintillation
  • sheen
  • shimmer
  • shine
  • shininess
  • show
  • sparkle
  • splendor
  • star
  • sun
  • sunbeam
  • sunrise
  • sunshine
  • taper
  • torch
  • twinkle
  • vividness
  • warmth
  • window

youthfulness

  • adolescence
  • aurora
  • awkward age
  • awkward stage
  • bloom
  • boyhood
  • childhood
  • dawn
  • daybreak
  • dew
  • freshness
  • girlhood
  • greenness
  • high-school years
  • ignorance
  • immaturity
  • inexperience
  • infancy
  • innocence
  • jejuneness
  • jejunity
  • juvenescence
  • juvenility
  • minority
  • morn
  • morning
  • nonage
  • opening
  • potency
  • preadolescence
  • prime
  • puberty
  • pubescence
  • salad days
  • spring
  • springtide
  • springtime
  • springtime of life
  • start
  • sunrise
  • sunup
  • teenage years
  • teens
  • tender age
  • tender years
  • vitality
  • youngness
  • youth

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

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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