Day
Day noun - The first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance.
Usage example: at the break of day I was relieved to realize that I had survived another night in the wilderness
Nearby Word: daytime
Sunup
Sunup noun - The first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance.
Usage example: have you ever actually heard a rooster crow at sunup?
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The Venture Bros.: "Dawn Venture" is an in-universe example; thanks to a misunderstanding associated with a cross-dressing Dean's marriage to Baron Underbheit at sunup, Hank is convinced to this day that he has a long-lost sister named Dawn.
Source: Lady Mondegreen
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Sunup and Day. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/day/sunup
Day & Sunup. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/day/sunup>.
Sunup or Day. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/day/sunup.
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