daybreak

day·break

noun \-ˌbrāk\

: the time of day when sunlight first begins to appear

Full Definition of DAYBREAK

:  dawn

Examples of DAYBREAK

1. <I always seem to wake up at daybreak, regardless of what the clock says.>

First Known Use of DAYBREAK

1530

Related to DAYBREAK

Synonyms

aurora, cockcrow, dawning, day, dawn, daylight, light, morn, morning, sun, sunrise, sunup

Antonyms

nightfall, sundown, sunset

Related Words

daytime; forenoon

Near Antonyms

dark, darkness, midnight, night, nighttime; afternoon, midday; dusk, evening, eventide, gloaming, twilight

Rhymes with DAYBREAK

air brake, awake, backache, beefcake, beefsteak, betake, blacksnake, bull snake, canebrake, caretake, cheesecake, cheesesteak, clambake, club steak, corncrake, cube steak, cupcake, disc brake, drum brake, earache, earthquake, fair shake, fast break, firebreak, firedrake, fish cake, flank steak, forsake, friedcake, fruitcake, green snake, grubstake, hand brake, handshake, headache, heartache, heartbreak, hoecake, hotcake, housebreak, intake, jailbreak, keepsake, king snake, lapstrake, mandrake, milk snake, mistake, moonquake, muckrake, namesake, newsbreak, oatcake, oil cake, opaque, outbreak, outtake, Pan-Cake, pancake, partake, pound cake, pump fake, rat snake, remake, retake, rewake, rock brake, seaquake, sea snake, seedcake, sheldrake, shortcake, snowflake, sponge cake, Swiss steak, tea cake, toothache, unmake, uptake, wheat cake, windbreak, wind shake, youthquake