morning

1 the time from sunrise until noon after working in the fields all morning, we were ready for a hearty lunch Synonyms forenoon, morn Related Words aurora, dawn, dawning, daybreak, daylight; cockcrow, sunrise, sunup; day, daytime, light Near Antonyms dark, darkness, night, nighttime, twilight; dusk, evening, nightfall, sundown, sunset; afternoon

2 the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance morning has broken Synonyms aurora, cockcrow, dawning, day, daybreak, daylight, light, morn, dawn, sun, sunrise, sunupRelated Words daytime; forenoonNear Antonyms dark, darkness, midnight, night, nighttime; afternoon, midday; dusk, evening, eventide, gloaming, twilightAntonyms nightfall, sundown, sunset

3 the point at which something begins the period when people in ancient Mesopotamia began living in cities is usually regarded as the morning of civilization Synonyms alpha, baseline, birth, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, beginning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, thresholdRelated Words drawing board, first base, ground zero, square one; creation, founding, inauguration, initiation, institution, origination; cradle, fountain, fountainhead, germ, origin, root, seedbed, source, spring, well, wellspring; dawning, opening; advent, appearance, arrival, debut (also début), emergence; childhood, infancy, youthNear Antonyms cessation, closing, closure, completion, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, windupAntonyms close, conclusion, end, ending, omega