dawn

dawn

noun

Definition of DAWN

1

the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance <we stayed up talking until dawn>

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

Related Words daytime; forenoon

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

Antonyms nightfall, sundown, sunset

2

the point at which something begins <the dawn of civilization>

Synonyms alpha, baseline, birth, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, threshold

Related Words drawing board, first base, ground zero, square one; creation, founding, inauguration, initiation, institution, origination; cradle, fountain, fountainhead, germ, origin, root, seedbed, source, spring, well, wellspring; dawning, opening; advent, appearance, arrival, debut (also début), emergence; childhood, infancy, youth

Near Antonyms cessation, closing, closure, completion, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, windup

Antonyms close, conclusion, end, ending, omega