10
sunrise(noun, light, rise, dawn, daylight)
8
aurora(noun, light, dawn, daylight, daybreak)
8
dawn(noun, light, day, daylight, daybreak)
8
daybreak(noun, light, beginning, dawn, daylight)
8
sunup(noun, light, dawn, daylight, daybreak)
7
cockcrow(noun, light, dawn, daylight, daybreak)
7
dawning(noun, light, dawn, daylight, daybreak)
7
morning(noun, prime, dawn, daylight, outset)
6
dayspring
5
first light(noun, expression, dawn, daylight, daybreak)
4
break of the day
4
crack of dawn(noun, expression, idiom, light, dawn)
4
daylight(light, dawn, daybreak, sunrise, dawning)
4
predawn
3
brightening(noun, light, prime, illumination, outset)
3
first blush(noun, expression, light, glance, dawn)
3
first brightening(noun, expression, light, prime, outset)
3
peep of day(noun, expression, idiom, light, daybreak)
3
prime(noun, light)
2
cocklight(daybreak, dawning)
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