Meaning & use
early risers
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“early risers” is a form of “early riser”.
Meaning
nounplural
People who habitually wake up and get out of bed very early in the morning.
Grammar: Plural form; the singular is an early riser: he is an early riser.
Patterns
- early risers like something
- early risers can do something
Early risers often enjoy a quiet hour before the rest of the house wakes up.
The cafe opens at five for early risers and shift workers.
Farmers are usually early risers because animals need feeding at dawn.
Word forms
| singular | early riser |
|---|
Common combinations
- natural early risers
- Natural early risers rarely need an alarm clock.
- cater to early risers
- The gym caters to early risers with a six a.m. class.
- early risers club
- She joined an early risers club that meets for a morning run.
- aimed at early risers
- The breakfast menu is aimed at early risers.
Synonyms and how they differ
- morning people
- Morning people is more casual and describes personality and energy, not only waking time.
- larks
- Larks is a figurative, slightly playful term, usually paired with owls, for people who are most active in the morning.
- early birds
- Early birds often implies arriving or acting first to gain an advantage, not just getting out of bed early.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: early risers or early birds?
early risers vs early birds
Early birds is the idiom about acting first to win a prize, as in the early bird gets the worm.
Practice
The bakery opens at 5 a.m. to serve the ___ on their way to work.
Choose one answer.
People who get up very early are early risers. Night owls and heavy sleepers would not be out at 5 a.m. by choice.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “early risers”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.