Synonyms of dawns

dawns 1 of 2

noun

plural of dawn

1

as in sunrises

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

we stayed up talking until dawn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sunrises
• days
• morns
• mornings
• daylights
• lights
• suns
• auroras
• daybreaks
• sunups
• cockcrows
• daytimes
• forenoons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sunsets
• nightfalls
• nights
• sundowns
• midnights
• afternoons
• darks
• nighttimes
• dusks
• evenings
• twilights
• eventides
• gloamings
• middays

2

as in starts

the point at which something begins

the dawn of civilization

Synonyms & Similar Words

• starts
• beginnings
• inceptions
• commencements
• launches
• onsets
• alphas
• mornings
• outsets
• geneses
• thresholds
• day ones
• baselines
• births
• incipiencies
• infancies
• incipiences
• nascencies
• nascences
• kickoffs
• get-goes
• origins
• inaugurations
• initiations
• originations
• ground zeros
• first bases
• drawing boards
• arrivals
• springs
• emergences
• square ones
• cradles
• debuts
• advents
• sources
• fountains
• openings
• wellsprings
• creations
• germs
• wells
• institutions
• childhoods
• youths
• fountainheads
• seedbeds
• appearances
• roots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ends
• closes
• conclusions
• endings
• periods
• finishes
• stops
• closures
• closings
• terminations
• completions
• omegas
• cessations
• finales
• windups

dawns

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of dawn

as in begins

to come into existence

a smile dawned on his face as he got the joke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• begins
• starts
• arises
• commences
• originates
• appears
• emerges
• is
• arrives
• forms
• springs
• engenders
• exists
• materializes
• breaks
• lasts
• actualizes
• lives
• sets in
• breathes
• continues
• persists
• survives
• subsists
• comes on
• endures
• shapes (up)
• coalesces
• coheres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ends
• ceases
• stops
• concludes
• disappears
• finishes
• halts
• terminates
• vanishes
• quits
• dissolves
• dies
• evaporates
• departs
• expires
• discontinues
• desists
• perishes
• passes away

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dawns

Noun

Her controlled world is turned into a site of emotional horror as a new reality dawns, created and dominated by autonomous feelings. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

What the future holds But step outside of the Etihad Stadium and the harsh reality quickly dawns. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

After years of false dawns, and with Fury now 38 and Joshua 36, the fight will finally take place on December 11 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. — Tom Burrows, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026

But, for a diehard fan, a few words from a familiar voice as October dawns could sound a lot like home. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026

But as a new school year dawns here, students and teachers refuse to give up. — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2026

Morning dawns gray and dismal, but the rain has almost ended. — Ralph Tuttle, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026

Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope. — Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

Given the many false dawns in recent months, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas was reluctant to speculate on the outcome when quizzed by reporters on Tuesday. — ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026

Verb

The person who isn't a professional military officer, pursues a broad, deep, public professional career, and yet dawns the uniform an serves his nation. — CBS News, 12 July 2026

The realization that loneliness might be even more keenly felt in the midst of a familiar crowd is one that dawns with maturity. — Maria Albano, Air Mail, 9 May 2026

However, with so much at stake, the realization suddenly dawns. — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026

His talent dawns slowly even on experts. — Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026