COCKCROW Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

cockcrow

noun

ˈkäk-ˌkrō

Definition of cockcrow

as in sunrise

the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance by cockcrow the mysterious stranger had vanished

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Noun

Friday will see a brief warm front slide through around sunrise before a cold front moves through around noon.

— Ron Smiley, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
The phenomenon occurs when rocket exhaust expands in the thin upper atmosphere and catches sunlight before sunrise.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of sunrise

Noun

Prosecutors charged her with registering to vote and casting a ballot the same day as Shah, but in her case at a polling location in Solano County.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Years earlier, a similar test by another group of researchers left their machine smoking, two days in a row.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of day

Noun

Rubio, who arrived in the historic Silk Road city of Samarkand on Sunday night, met in the morning with the foreign ministers of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

— Reuters, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
For Meg, who is part of an Internet-addiction program and who spoke to Allison for this feature, her social media habit kept her up all night and left her unable to attend to her kids in the morning.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of morning

Noun

Esmeralda Muñoz, 70, said her family was furious that agents showed up to their home in full tactical gear with guns drawn to arrest her husband before dawn.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Studies show women were already more likely than men to be using a computer at work at the dawn of the PC era.

— Steve Liesman, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of dawn

Noun

The light green safari shade is especially fun, or go for an aquatic vibe with the icy morn/sea wave two-combo.

— Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2023
This gives me, in the parking lot the next morn, yet another opportunity to introduce myself to fellow travelers who possess jumper cables.

— John Phillips, Car and Driver, 9 Jan. 2023

Definition of morn

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