sunrise
The time of day when the sun above the eastern horizon.
Other meanings
The change in color of the sky at dawn.
“Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?”
Any great awakening.
“It was the sunrise of her spirit.”
Synonyms
- dawn
- morning
- break of day
- break of the day
Related words
- presunrise
- sunriser
- sunrisy
- instant sunrise
- Northern Sunrise County
- sunrise clause
- sunrise industry
- Sunrise Manor
- sunrise period
- sunrise problem
- sunrise provision
- sunrise service
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "sonne-rys".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sunrise” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.