sunrise
Plural: sunrises
Noun
- The daily appearance of the sun above the eastern horizon.
- the first light of day
- atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun
- the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon
- The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
- The change in color of the sky at dawn.
- Any great awakening.
Adjective Satellite
- of an industry or technology; new and developing
- "high-technology sunrise industries"
Verb
- To phase in.
Examples
- Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?
- Every game of Words With Friends feels like a new sunrise, full of possibility.
- I'll meet you at the docks at sunrise.
- It was the sunrise of her spirit.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English sonne-rys, sunne ryse, equivalent to sun + rise. Compare Middle English son risyng, sunne rijsyng, sonne-rysing (“sunrise”, literally “sun rising”).
Synonyms
aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunup, ass crack of dawn, break, break of dawn, butt crack of dawn, crack of dawn, daylight, lauds, solrise, sparrow-fart, sun, sunlight, sunrise, sunrising
Scrabble Score: 7
sunrise: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsunrise: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sunrise: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary