DAYBREAKS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

daybreaks

noun

plural of daybreak

as in days

the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance I always seem to wake up at daybreak, regardless of what the clock says

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Noun

The timing of his start Saturday, three days before the Midsummer Classic, suggested as much.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Cholowsky visited Chicago for a few days in early June, talking to coaches and executives, hanging out with players and listening to Jerry Reinsdorf’s baseball stories.

— Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of days

Noun

Airborne dust can produce hazy conditions, and can sometimes lead to colorful sunrises and sunsets.

— Cheryl McCloud, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Looking ahead to early next week, some Saharan dust builds into DFW, causing some reduction in air quality, dusty skies and more colorful sunrises and sunsets.

— Michael Autovino, CBS News, 26 June 2026

Definition of sunrises

Noun

However, the responsibilities of leading a large constitutional office required me to balance my schedule, including senior leadership meetings held on Tuesday mornings that often conflicted with BCC meetings.

— Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
Two mornings of heavy rains have seen rainfall totals climb rapidly.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

Definition of mornings

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

Definition of dawns

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