Synonyms of dawn

dawn 1 of 2

noun

1

as in sunrise

the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance

we stayed up talking until dawn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sunrise
• dawning
• day
• morning
• morn
• daybreak
• daylight
• light
• sun
• aurora
• sunup
• cockcrow
• daytime
• forenoon

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sunset
• nightfall
• night
• sundown
• midnight
• darkness
• dark
• afternoon
• nighttime
• midday
• evening
• dusk
• twilight
• eventide
• gloaming

2

as in beginning

the point at which something begins

the dawn of civilization

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beginning
• start
• inception
• onset
• commencement
• alpha
• launch
• morning
• genesis
• outset
• threshold
• birth
• infancy
• kickoff
• baseline
• day one
• nascence
• incipience
• inauguration
• dawning
• incipiency
• nascency
• initiation
• origination
• founding
• git-go
• origin
• get-go
• arrival
• spring
• emergence
• first base
• ground zero
• advent
• creation
• drawing board
• cradle
• opening
• germ
• fountain
• source
• well
• debut
• institution
• childhood
• square one
• wellspring
• fountainhead
• appearance
• début
• root
• youth
• seedbed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• end
• conclusion
• close
• ending
• period
• completion
• closing
• omega
• termination
• finish
• cessation
• stop
• closure
• finale
• windup

dawn

2 of 2

verb

as in to start

to come into existence

a smile dawned on his face as he got the joke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• start
• begin
• commence
• arise
• originate
• appear
• be
• emerge
• form
• spring
• arrive
• set in
• last
• break
• exist
• materialize
• live
• actualize
• engender
• breathe
• continue
• survive
• shape (up)
• subsist
• persist
• come on
• endure
• coalesce
• cohere

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• end
• stop
• cease
• finish
• conclude
• halt
• terminate
• disappear
• quit
• die
• discontinue
• vanish
• dissolve
• depart
• expire
• perish
• evaporate
• desist
• pass away

Phrases Containing dawn

• dawn (on)