MORNINGS Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

mornings

noun

Definition of mornings

plural of morning

as in morns

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 days

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

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as in beginnings

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 mornings Take San Jose, California, mother of four Alyssa Munoz, who swaps the local park for a different kind of playground on Sunday mornings. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026 Thousands of Chiefs fans spent their Sunday nights and Monday mornings, afternoons and evenings at Arrowhead Stadium ahead of the home opener against AFC West division rival Denver. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 Perfect for cooler mornings, crisp evenings and everything in between. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 Through the long mornings at Halas Hall; during joint practices in Cincinnati and Nashville; over 89 snaps of preseason game action, the rookie emerged rather quickly. — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The original show was utterly forgettable, but recognizable to Cartoon Network’s early adult audiences who would have been kids watching whatever aired on Saturday mornings in the ’60s. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026 Also, keep in mind that a fully illuminated moon can interfere with spotting the light, so look for it during mornings when there’s a new moon, like tomorrow (September 10). — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 Sep. 2026 Nor are there many studios with two full baths, a nice perk owed to the combination of two apartments and potentially a key to relationship harmony in the mornings. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 7 Sep. 2026 Around that time, spotting it on nearby evenings or mornings will be extremely difficult. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mornings

Noun

Usually a cold front blows through a few days before the dove season opener.

— Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026
Having both arrived just a few days ago, these were good starts, but of course more is expected.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of days

Noun

The museum will also look back at NBC milestones ranging from the network’s beginnings in radio to color television and the development of the modern late-night talk show.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Many other companies have similar, unlikely stories of their beginnings.

— Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of beginnings

Noun

Ewa Mroczkowska’s production design also turns dewy embankments, decadent interiors, and sunrises over cemeteries into visions of storybook-like decay.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
That sunlight passing through Earth's atmosphere, where the blues are scattered away, and the reds are bent towards the moon, essentially casts the colors of the Earth's sunrises and sunsets onto the lunar surface.

— Marina Jurica, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of sunrises

Noun

Building these connections has to begin long before a fire starts, continue while the fire burns and endure long after the fire has ended.

— Matt Thompson, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Some leading clubs in Europe had been linked with the Republic of Ireland Under-21 international, who has scored seven goals for the League of Ireland side this season, in 17 starts and 11 sub appearances.

— Paul Taylor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of starts

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

Noun

Experts said the second earthquake began before the first had even ended, with the two onsets separated by just 39 seconds.

— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 26 June 2026
Anxiety disorders can persist into adulthood, particularly those disorders with early onsets and those that are left untreated.

— Elana Bernstein, The Conversation, 13 May 2022

Definition of onsets

Noun

In the past few years, Underwood has come to realize that a bunch of barking alphas may not, in fact, be the best way to build a successful pack.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
As a ballplayer, Kent was as irascible as Bonds; the two alphas reportedly brawled behind clubhouse doors, and famously clashed in the dugout during a 2002 game, when Bonds lunged for Kent’s throat and pushed him against the wall.

— Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025