sunrise

sun·rise

noun \ˈsən-ˌrīz\

Definition of SUNRISE

1

: the apparent rising of the sun above the horizon; also : the accompanying atmospheric effects

2

: the time when the upper limb of the sun appears above the horizon as a result of the diurnal rotation of the earth

Examples of SUNRISE

1. We were up before sunrise.
2. We worked from sunrise to sunset.
3. We watched the sunrise from the beach.
4. the pink light of sunrise

First Known Use of SUNRISE

15th century

Related to SUNRISE

Synonyms

aurora, cockcrow, dawning, day, daybreak, daylight, light, morn, morning, sun, dawn, 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 SUNRISE

abscise, advise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, baptize, bite-size, breadthwise, capsize, chastise, clockwise, coastwise, cognize, comprise, crabwise, crack wise, crosswise, demise, despise, devise, disguise, disprize, door prize, downsize, earthrise, edgewise, emprise, endwise, excise, fanwise, franchise, full-size, grecize, high-rise, incise, king-size, leastwise, lengthwise, Levi's, life-size, likewise, low-rise, man-size, mid-rise, midsize, misprize, moonrise, nowise, outsize, piecewise, pint-size, premise, quantize, queen-size, remise, reprise, revise, rightsize, slantwise, streetwise, stylize, suffice, surmise, surprise, trim size, twin-size, unwise, uprise

Sun·rise

geographical name \ˈsən-ˌrīz\

Definition of SUNRISE

city SE Florida W of Fort Lauderdale pop 85,779