Synonyms for meridian
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Summit
summit, height, acme, top, zenith, pinnacle, elevation, apex, peak, culmination, tip-top, superlative, vertex, apogee, culmen
2. Noon — midday, noon
noon, mid-day, noonday, high noon, noontide, noontime, undern, meridiem rare, undertide dated
Other
longitude, two-line double pica dated UK
Definitions
- n. 1
Midday, noon.
- n. 2
In full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface.
Related words
- Word family
- meridional
- Phrases
- meridian fennel prime meridian zero meridian
Forms
- Plural
- meridians → summits, heights, acmes, tops…
Example sentences
- elevation Woke is the elevation of sensitivity over truth.
- zenith His fame was at its zenith at that time.
- superlative Harun's review was brimming with superlative adjectives.
- longitude Distance per degree of longitude at equator.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| meridian | falling | |
| elevation | falling | |
| zenith | falling | |
| superlative | steady | |
| longitude | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- top1
- 4 letters
- peak1, noon1, apex2, acme2
- 6 letters
- height1, summit2, vertex2, zenith2, apogee3, culmen, undern
- 7 letters
- noonday
- 8 letters
- pinnacle3, noontime2, noontide, meridiem
- 9 letters
- elevation4, longitude3, undertide
- 11 letters
- culmination4, superlative4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (apex2 = 2 syllables).