1. sunrise(n = noun.time) aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunup - the first light of day; "they talked until morning"; "we got up before dawn"
Antonym: sunset
2. sunrise(n = noun.phenomenon) - atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun;
3. sunrise(n = noun.event) - the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon;
sunrise(s = adj.all) - of an industry or technology; new and developing; "high-technology sunrise industries"
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;
2. Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east. [1913 Webster]
sunrise, n.
1 the sun's rising at dawn.
2 the coloured sky associated with this.
3 the time at which sunrise occurs.
Idiom:
sunrise industry any newly established industry, esp. in electronics and telecommunications, regarded as signalling prosperity.
N morning, morn, forenoon, a, m, prime, dawn, daybreak, dayspring, foreday, sunup, peep of day, break of day, aurora, first blush of the morning, first flush of the morning, prime of the morning, twilight, crepuscule, sunrise, cockcrow, cockcrowing, the small hours, the wee hours of the morning, spring, vernal equinox, first point of Aries, noon, midday, noonday, noontide, meridian, prime, nooning, noontime, summer, midsummer, matin, matutinal, vernal, at sunrise, with the sun, with the lark, when the morning dawns, at shut of evening flowers, entre chien et loup, flames in the forehead of the morning sky, the breezy call of incense-breathing morn.