sunup
When roosters crow
Sunup is the moment when the sun rises above the horizon, or the period of early morning light that follows.
The word is informal and somewhat rural in flavor: We'll head out at sunup.
It's the opposite of sundown.
Morning's first light
- auroraAtmospheric light display
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- glowSteady, soft light
- twilightLight after sunset
crepuscule · radiance · illumination · skyline · streaks · amber · rosy · glimmer
Starting point of something
- outsetInitial point of something
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- inceptionFounding moment
- commencementAct of starting
advent · genesis · origin · start · opening · initiation · launch · prologue
Day's first eating
- coffeeBrewed bean beverage
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- roosterMale domestic fowl
- choresRoutine household tasks
birdsong · dew · mist · waking · farmwork · milking · feeding · commute
Return to consciousness
- renewalMaking current again
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- promiseCommitment to act
opportunity · optimism · possibility · revival · resurgence · reawakening · enlightenment · emergence
daybreak
Morning's first light
twilight · crepuscule · radiance · illumination · skyline · streaks · amber · rosy · glimmer · eastern
onset
Starting point of something
commencement · advent · genesis · origin · start · opening · initiation · launch · prologue · kickoff
breakfast
Day's first eating
chores · birdsong · dew · mist · waking · farmwork · milking · feeding · commute · routine
awakening
Return to consciousness
promise · opportunity · optimism · possibility · revival · resurgence · reawakening · enlightenment · emergence
- old time wordsfortnight, twelvemonth, yore, erstwhile, ere
- sunsol, solar, sunspots, solar flares, solar radiation
- morningmorning, daybreak, dawn, mid-morning, early morning
- dawndaybreak, dawn, first light, dayspring, break of day
- dawn weathermorning fog, morning mist, morning dew, morning frost, morning chill
- twilightdusk, dawn, gloaming, eventide, nightfall
- sunny dayBright, cloudless period
- under the sunExisting anywhere at all
- sunny side upEggs fried one-sided
- ray of sunshineIncurably upbeat person
sun, sunny, sunset, sunrise, sunlight, sunshine, sundown, sunbeam, sun-up