SUNUP Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

sunup

noun

ˈsən-ˌəp

Definition of sunup

as in sunrise

the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance have you ever actually heard a rooster crow at sunup?

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Recent Examples of sunup In honor of the anniversary, Washington Post journalists chronicled one of those days, from sunup to sundown. — Washington Post, 29 May 2022 Key West is a top-notch destination for a girls getaway, as you're guaranteed to have a good time from sunup to sundown. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2022 Irving is observing Ramadan and fasting (no food or fluids) from sunup to sundown. — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022 From trekking poles to sleeping bags, the items found at Dick’s can upgrade your next camping trip from sunup to sundown. — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 22 Mar. 2022 See All Example Sentences for sunup

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Noun

But the bright moon is expected to set a few hours before sunrise, so sky watchers will have an optimal window to spot up to 20 meteors per hour.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Wellness experiences take place beyond the canvas-tent spa too, from sunrise yoga on the deck to sound journey meditation in the bush.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of sunrise

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

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

Rubio, who arrived in the historic Silk Road city of Samarkand on Sunday night, met in the morning with the foreign ministers of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

— Reuters, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
For Meg, who is part of an Internet-addiction program and who spoke to Allison for this feature, her social media habit kept her up all night and left her unable to attend to her kids in the morning.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of 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

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

Definition of dawning

Noun

Rassvet, Russian for daybreak, could effectively remove range limits for real-time adjustments and target tracking, giving Russia online control of long-range strikes over Ukrainian territory.

— Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026
With these calories under their belts, the Californians scattered to every corner of the plateau before daybreak.

— Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of daybreak

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