noontime

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noun

Noon.

“the noontime hours”

UncommonScrabble 10

Meanings

nounnoontime (plural noontimes)

plural noontimes

  1. Noon.

    Synonyms: high noon

  2. Approximately noon.

    the noontime hours

  3. figurativelyThe time at which something peaks in some way (e.g., in vitality, in influence, in reknown) (by analogy with the waxing of the sun each day).
    1 more example

    We should so organize our rank and mobilize our forces that our influence may not be dissipated before the advancing hosts of quackery and ignorance. This we can do effectively if only the wise and successful ones among our leaders can be induced to forgo the dolce far niente of the noontime of their lives.

    1890, J.W. Collins, “Society proceedings of the Colorado State Medical Society”, in The Omaha Clinic, volume 3, number 5, retrieved 20 Mar 2021, page 131

Synonyms & antonyms

nounNoon.

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Origin

From noon + time, perhaps an innovation of earlier English noontide (“noontime”), from Middle English noon tijd, from Old English nōntīd (“noontime”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English merian, merion (“noontime”) from Old French meriiene, merīane (“noontime”).

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APA

noontime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noontime

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“noontime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noontime. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noontime,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noontime.

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