aurora

1. 1.

   the first light of day

   “we got up before dawn”

   “they talked until morning”

   Synonymsdawndawningmorningfirst lightdaybreakbreak of daybreak of the daydayspringsunrisesunupcockcrow

   Broaderhour
2. 2.

   an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force

   Broaderatmospheric phenomenon

   Narroweraurora australisaurora borealis

   Partsstreamer
3. 3.

   (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos

   BroaderRoman deity

   Roman mythology

Other forms of aurora

plural

aurorae

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aurora

What does aurora mean?

aurora means "the first light of day". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aurora?

aurora has 3 syllables: au-ro-ra. The stress falls on "ro". In IPA it is /ɚˈɔɹə/.

What is another word for aurora?

Close synonyms include dawn, dawning, morning, first light, daybreak. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aurora a common word?

aurora is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with aurora?

1 word rhymes with aurora. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.