sunrise

Noun · Adjective

Synonyms: dawn dawning morning aurora first light daybreak break of day break of the day dayspring sunup cockcrow sunrise(a)

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

the first light of day“we got up before dawn”“they talked until morning”Synonyms: dawn dawning morning aurora first light daybreak break of day break of the day dayspring sunup cockcrow
atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun
the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon

Adjective (1)

of an industry or technology; new and developing“high-technology sunrise industries”Synonyms: sunrise(a)

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sunrise \Sun"rise`\, Sunrising \Sun"ris`ing\, n.

1.The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at sunrise. "The tide of sunrise swells." --Keble. [1913 Webster]

2.Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east. [1913 Webster]

Which were beyond Jordan toward the sunrising.— Deut. iv. 47 (Rev. Ver.)[1913 Webster]

Full hot and fast the Saxon rides, with rein of travel slack, And, bending o'ev his saddle, leaves the sunrise at his back.— Whittier.[1913 Webster]