morning person

plural morning people

1. idiomaticA person who wakes up, without difficulty, early each morning and is alert and active during the first part of the day.

   "I am a night person. My husband is a morning person since he had to get up early for years for his job." – Mrs. K. G.

   1971 November 21, Paul Hightower, “Senior Forum”, in St. Petersburg Times, Florida, USA, retrieved 12 Feb 2009

   1 more example

   I'm a confirmed morning person, a wind-up doll who starts my day in near-manic motion and ends it with slow, mechanical tasks requiring little energy or thought.

   2009 January 23, Sarah Earle, “Off the wall”, in Concord Monitor, New Hampshire, USA, retrieved 12 Feb 2009

   Synonyms: early bird, early riser