cockcrow
Very early morning
Cockcrow is the time when roosters crow—early morning, around dawn.
The word is poetic or old-fashioned: We set out at cockcrow.
It evokes rural life and a time before alarm clocks, when the rooster's call marked the start of the day.
Morning light's arrival
- daybreakMorning's first light
- auroraAtmospheric light display
- twilightLight after sunset
- predawnBefore daybreak hours
horizon · glow · rosy · eastern · lightening · skyline · crepuscule · streaks
A rooster, especially literary
Exciting strong feeling
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- wakefulnessState of being conscious
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- arousalStirring to heightened state
rising · consciousness · stretch · yawn · rebirth · renewal · revival · quickening
sunrise
Morning light's arrival
predawn · horizon · glow · rosy · eastern · lightening · skyline · crepuscule · streaks · amber
chanticleer
A rooster, especially literary
rousing
Exciting strong feeling
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- wakefulnessState of being conscious
- alarmUrgent warning signal
arousal · rising · consciousness · stretch · yawn · rebirth · renewal · revival · quickening
farm
Agricultural land tract
- countrySovereign state or territory
- villageSmall rural community
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
rustic · homestead · agrarian · bucolic · countryside · cottage · fields · livestock · peasant · provincial
- daypartsdawn, sunrise, morning, forenoon, midmorning
- early morningpredawn, first light, daybreak, dew, birdsong
- wake-upsalarm, alarm clock, wake up call, reveille, rooster
- old time wordsfortnight, twelvemonth, yore, erstwhile, ere
- dawn signssunrise, first light, dawn chorus, red sky, morning star
- dawn termsdawn, sunrise, daybreak, first light, twilight