sunup C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary Also spelled sun-up US /ˈsʌnʌp/ UK /ˈsʌnʌp/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the time in the morning when the sun appears; sunrise The farmhands were already in the fields by sunup. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the time in the morning... sunrisedawndaybreakdawningcockcrowaurora ↔ Opposites sundownsunsetdusknightfall Word family Related forms sun Etymology AI details A compound of sun (Old English sunne) and up (Old English upp), an American English formation of the early 19th century denoting the sun's rising. sunne Old English upp Old English View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # sunup **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsʌnʌp/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsʌnʌp/ ## Meanings 1. the time in the morning when the sun appears; sunrise ## Examples - The farmhands were already in the fields by sunup. ## Synonyms - sunrise - dawn - daybreak - dawning - cockcrow - aurora ## Antonyms - sundown - sunset - dusk - nightfall ## Related Forms - sun ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sunne - Root: upp ## Etymology A compound of sun (Old English sunne) and up (Old English upp), an American English formation of the early 19th century denoting the sun's rising. ## AI Etymology Sunup is a compound of sun (Old English sunne) and up (Old English upp), an American English formation of the early 19th century denoting the sun's rising. Important recorded forms include sunne (Old English) and upp (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers the time in the morning when the sun appears; sunrise. The wider family includes related words such as sun. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown