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Aurora

The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.

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Broader term 1

Hour 76% connected

The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Derivationally related 2

Auroral 74% connected

Belonging to, or resembling, the aurora (the dawn or the northern lights); rosy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Auroral 74% connected

Belonging to, or resembling, the aurora (the dawn or the northern lights); rosy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Component part 1

Streamer 70% connected

An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Synonym 8

Cockcrow 92% connected

Alt. of Cockcrowing

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Dawn 92% connected

To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Dawning 92% connected

of Dawn

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Daybreak 92% connected

The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Dayspring 92% connected

The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Morning 92% connected

Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sunrise 92% connected

Alt. of Sunrising

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sunup 92% connected

Sunrise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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