daybreak

Other forms of daybreak

plural

daybreaks·

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 daybreak

What does daybreak mean?

daybreak means "the first light of day".

How many syllables are in daybreak?

daybreak has 2 syllables: day-break. The stress falls on "day". In IPA it is /ˈdeɪˌbɹeɪk/.

What is another word for daybreak?

Close synonyms include dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light. 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 daybreak a common word?

daybreak 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 daybreak?

5 words rhyme with daybreak. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.