Definition of NOON

noon

Meanings

Plural: noons

Noun

  • the middle of the day
  • The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
  • The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
  • The mean time of solar noon, marked as twelve o'clock on most clocks.
  • The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
  • The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
  • The highest point; culmination.
  • The letter ن in the Arabic script.

Verb

  • To relax or sleep around midday.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English noen, none, non, from Old English nōn (“the ninth hour”), from a Germanic borrowing of classical Latin nōna (“ninth hour”) (short for nōna hōra), feminine of nōnus (“ninth”). Cognate with Dutch noen, obsolete German Non, Norwegian non.

Synonyms

apex, capstone, high noon, midday, midnight, nones, noon of night, noonday, noontide, sleep, twelve, twelve noon

Antonyms

midnight

Scrabble Score: 4

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

Words With Friends Score: 6

noon is a valid Words With Friends word