What is another word for noonday?

Pronunciation: [nˈuːnde͡ɪ] (IPA)

Noonday is a term used to represent the time of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. There are several synonyms for the word noonday, including midday, high noon, noon-time, lunchtime, and meridian. These words all represent the same time of day but differ in their usage and connotation. Midday and high noon are used more formally, while noon-time and lunchtime are more commonly used in casual conversation. Meridian means the same time as noonday but is less commonly used. All these synonyms are helpful in adding variety and nuance to written and spoken language.

What are the hypernyms for Noonday?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for noonday?

Noonday is a term used to describe the time of day when the sun is at its highest point in the sky. Antonyms for noonday could include dawn, morning, afternoon, evening, and night. Dawn refers to the early morning hours just before sunrise, while morning typically encompasses the hours between sunrise and noon. Afternoon typically encompasses the hours between noon and sunset, while evening and night refer to the hours after sunset. These antonyms serve to differentiate between the different periods of the day and can be used to describe particular events, activities, or moods that are associated with each time of day.

What are the antonyms for Noonday?

Usage examples for Noonday

At noonday they set out in the old wagon that had made the trip to Allenboro, Carl driving, with Aunt Gertrude and the twins beside him, Jane and Elise in the back with the luncheon hamper, books, embroidery and games.
"Jane Lends A Hand"
Shirley Watkins
Adam Halliburt, who had been out fishing all night, had just risen from his noonday rest, when the dame returned from her usual round.
"Won from the Waves"
W.H.G. Kingston
We are among old friends as we ride up to Crain's to dine, and the noonday sun is hot enough for us to enjoy the cool breeze among the young firs behind the house, as we stand to wash hands and face by the bench on the side of the dairy built over the stream close by.
"Two Years in Oregon"
Wallis Nash

Famous quotes with Noonday

  • That ready wit, which you so partially allow me, ... may create many admirers; but, take my word for it, it makes few friends. It shines and dazzles like the noonday sun, but, like that, too, it is very apt to scorch, and therefore is always feared. The milder morning and evening light and heat of that planet soothe and calm our minds. Never seek for wit; if it present itself, well and good; but even then, let your judgement interpose, and take care that it be not at the expense of anybody.
    Philip Dormer Stanhope
  • Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.
    Indian Proverb
  • When I first enjoyed this superb view, one glowing April day, from the summit of the Pacheco Pass, the Central Valley, but little trampled or ploughed as yet, was one furred, rich sheet of golden compositae, and the luminous wall of the mountains shone in all its glory. Then it seemed to me the Sierra should be called not the Nevada, or Snowy Range, but the Range of Light. And after ten years spent in the heart of it, rejoicing and wondering, bathing in its glorious floods of light, seeing the sunbursts of morning among the icy peaks, the noonday radiance on the trees and rocks and snow, the flush of alpenglow, and a thousand dashing waterfalls with their marvelous abundance of irised spray, it still seems to be above all others the Range of Light.
    John Muir
  • The glory of a next Augustan age Of a power leading from its strength and pride, Of young ambition eager to be tried, Firm in our free beliefs without dismay, In any game the nations want to play. A golden age of poetry and power Of which this noonday's the beginning hour.
    Robert Frost
  • I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty. Was thy dream then a shadowy lie? Toil on, poor heart, unceasingly; And thou shalt find thy dream to be A truth and noonday light to thee.
    Ellen Sturgis Hooper

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