Definition of MIDNIGHT

midnight

Meanings

Plural: midnights

Noun

  • 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
    • "young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight"
  • The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
  • Twelve o'clock at night exactly.
  • Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”).

Adj

  • Utterly dark or black.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English midnight, from Old English midniht, from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts (“midnight”), equivalent to mid- + night. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Midnoacht (“midnight”), Old High German mittinaht (“midnight”), Danish midnat (“midnight”), Swedish midnatt (“midnight”), Icelandic miðnætti (“midnight”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Middernoacht (“midnight”), Dutch middernacht (“midnight”), German Mitternacht (“midnight”).

Synonyms

00:00, 12 a.m., 12 midnight, 12 o'clock, 24:00, boxcars, dead of night, midnight, noon, noon of night

Antonyms

midday, noon

Scrabble Score: 15

midnight is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
midnight is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
midnight is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

midnight is a valid Words With Friends word