MORNING Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

morning

noun

ˈmȯr-niŋ

Definition of morning

as in morn

the time from sunrise until noon after working in the fields all morning, we were ready for a hearty lunch

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as in day

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

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as in beginning

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

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Recent Examples of morning The temperature pattern calls for high temperatures in the low- to mid-80s this week, with overnight and early morning lows in the low-70s, according to the weather service. — Miami Herald Staff Report, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 Early Sunday morning, near the Place de la République, a part-time crossing guard named Joëlle, 71, scanned the wreckage along the Boulevard Voltaire from a bench, holding her shaggy shepherd mix, Pollux, on a leash. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 By the following morning, the pair had made the adoption official. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2026 That morning, the idle time was down to a hundred and twenty-one seconds. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for morning

Recent Examples of Synonyms for morning

Noun

The light green safari shade is especially fun, or go for an aquatic vibe with the icy morn/sea wave two-combo.

— Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2023
This gives me, in the parking lot the next morn, yet another opportunity to introduce myself to fellow travelers who possess jumper cables.

— John Phillips, Car and Driver, 9 Jan. 2023

Definition of morn

Noun

Prosecutors charged her with registering to vote and casting a ballot the same day as Shah, but in her case at a polling location in Solano County.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Years earlier, a similar test by another group of researchers left their machine smoking, two days in a row.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of day

Noun

Expect some traffic back-ups at the beginning and end of the game as parking lots empty and drivers hit the road in what is a construction zone on highways running through downtown.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
Advertisement At the beginning of May, separatists turned in a petition with hundreds of thousands of signatures to push for a vote on leaving Canada, while opponents collected signatures in support of staying.

— Chantelle Lee, Time, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of beginning

Noun

Friday will see a brief warm front slide through around sunrise before a cold front moves through around noon.

— Ron Smiley, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
The phenomenon occurs when rocket exhaust expands in the thin upper atmosphere and catches sunlight before sunrise.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of sunrise

Noun

Esmeralda Muñoz, 70, said her family was furious that agents showed up to their home in full tactical gear with guns drawn to arrest her husband before dawn.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Studies show women were already more likely than men to be using a computer at work at the dawn of the PC era.

— Steve Liesman, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of dawn

Noun

The quiet moments, the grief, the slow dawning of realization that her husband had written this piece as a way of dealing with his grief and her anger.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
Ever enterprising, Toha does eventually make her way back to the party, but there, the ultimate dawning of her place outside of Nelly’s circle is heartbreaking.

— Alissa Simon, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026

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