Dawn and Gloaming

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Dawn noun - The first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance.

Usage example: we stayed up talking until dawn

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Gloaming is an antonym for dawn.

Nearby Words: dawning, dawned, dawna, dawne

Gloaming noun - The time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness.

Usage example: with the gloaming came the familiar call of the whip-poor-will

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Dawn is an antonym for gloaming.

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Gloaming and Dawn. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dawn/gloaming

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