Synonyms of dawning

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noun

as in dawn

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

the cold, gray dawning of a wintry day

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

dawning

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verb

present participle of dawn

as in beginning

to come into existence

a smile dawned on his face as he got the joke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beginning
• starting
• arising
• commencing
• originating
• being
• appearing
• emerging
• forming
• springing
• arriving
• existing
• living
• breaking
• actualizing
• engendering
• lasting
• materializing
• setting in
• breathing
• continuing
• coming on
• shaping (up)
• enduring
• surviving
• subsisting
• persisting
• coalescing
• cohering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ending
• stopping
• ceasing
• finishing
• concluding
• halting
• vanishing
• terminating
• disappearing
• discontinuing
• dying
• evaporating
• quitting
• dissolving
• departing
• expiring
• desisting
• perishing
• passing away