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Synonyms for noontide

  • noun

Most common

mid-day noon high noon meridian peak apex

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Noon — midday, noon

noon, mid-day, high noon, meridian, noonday, noon-time, sext, noontime, nones dated

2. Peak — climax; high point

peak, apex, pinnacle, zenith, culmination, acme

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Midday, noon.

  2. n. 2

    Climax; high point.

Related words

Is a kind of
tide time

Forms

Plural
noontides → noons, mid-days, meridians, noondays…

Example sentences

  • noon We had hoped that the rain would stop before noon.
  • meridian The Greenwich meridian passes through the country.
  • peak How far did the Roman Empire stretch at its peak?
  • apex The polar bear is the apex predator of the Arctic.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
noontiderising
noonsteady
meridianfalling
peakfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
peak1, noon1, apex2, acme2, sext
5 letters
nones
6 letters
zenith2
7 letters
noonday
8 letters
pinnacle3, meridian4, noontime2
11 letters
culmination4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (apex2 = 2 syllables).