Definition of dawn

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• dawn is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• dawn is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• dawn is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of dawn

• become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions (verb)

  Examples

  1. It dawned on him that she had betrayed him

  Synonyms

  1. click
  2. come home
  3. fall into place
  4. get across
  5. get through
  6. penetrate
  7. sink in
• the first light of day (noun)

  Examples

  1. we got up before dawn

  Synonyms

  1. aurora
  2. break of day
  3. break of the day
  4. cockcrow
  5. dawning
  6. daybreak
  7. dayspring
  8. first light
  9. morning
  10. sunrise
  11. sunup
• the earliest period (noun)

  Examples

  1. the dawn of civilization

  Synonyms

  1. morning
• an opening time period (noun)

  Examples

  1. it was the dawn of the Roman Empire
• appear or develop (verb)

  Examples

  1. The age of computers had dawned
• become light (verb)

  Examples

  1. It started to dawn, and we had to get up

See definition of dawn in Merriam Webster