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

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

Wait until tomorrow when clarity dawns. — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2026

There have been too many false dawns in a season dogged by inconsistency for anyone to get carried away with Saturday’s triumph. — James Pearce, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026

Swim through bioluminescent seas, sleep in deserts with poets, wake in rainforest dawns with conservationists, and travel north into polar silence. — Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026

There have been false dawns of protest before, but Iran’s regime is vulnerable. — The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026

Reason dawns at the same rate as the alcohol wears off. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026

Verb

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