Synonyms for sunrise
ˈsʌnˌraɪzsun·rise

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. sunrisenoun

   Synonyms:
   sparrow-fart, sunup, crack of dawn, dawn

2. sunrisenoun

   The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

   I'll meet you at the docks at sunrise.

   Synonyms:
   sparrow-fart, dawn, sunup, crack of dawn

3. sunrisenoun

   The change in color of the sky at dawn.

   Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?

   Synonyms:
   sparrow-fart, dawn, sunup, crack of dawn

4. sunrisenoun

   Any great awakening.

   It was the sunrise of her spirit.

   Synonyms:
   sparrow-fart, sunup, crack of dawn, dawn

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrownoun

   the first light of day

   "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"

   Synonyms:
   break of day, dayspring, good morning, break of the day, aurora, morn, sunup, first light, morning, morning time, forenoon, daybreak, dawn, dawning, cockcrow

   Antonyms:
   sunset, sundown, old

2. sunrisenoun

   atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun

   Synonyms:
   break of day, dayspring, break of the day, dawn, sunup, first light, morning, daybreak, aurora, dawning, cockcrow

   Antonyms:
   sundown, sunset, old

3. sunriseadjective

   the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon

   Synonyms:
   break of day, dayspring, break of the day, dawn, sunup, first light, morning, daybreak, aurora, dawning, cockcrow

   Antonyms:
   sunset, sundown, old

4. sunrise(a)adjective

   of an industry or technology; new and developing

   "high-technology sunrise industries"

   Antonyms:
   sunset, sundown, old

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1. • Atmospheric Phenomenon

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. sunrisenoun

   Synonyms:
   daybreak, dawn, aurora

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "sunrise":

   aurore, shorouq, dawn, sunup, sunset, daybreak, chunghsing, daylight

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1. Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 Coda:

   All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It's my game. I pitch, I hit, I catch. I run the bases. At sunset, I've won or lost. At sunrise, I'm out again, giving it the old try.

2. Cary Lightsey:

   I guess I'm fortunate that every morning I get up, if I'm going to drive cattle or saddle horses, I get to watch the sunrise, i don't hear cars, I don't see cars, I don't see people. I see the wildlife.

3. Mark Kulish:

   He saw his last sunrise from the highest peak on Earth. At that instant, he became a member of the 7 Summit Club, having scaled the highest peak on each continent.

4. Anna Harrington:

   I'm saving and spending the same amounts as before -- I'm lucky that my job is secure. But this past summer, I bought the oddest things I never would have normally bought -- a sunrise alarm clock, pink fuzzy bunny slippers, the entire Buffy the Vampire CD collection, and vintage furniture from the 1970s.

5. Joe adcock:

   Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.