Definition of MIDDAY

midday

Plural: middays

Noun

  • The middle of the day; noon.
  • the middle of the day
  • Noon; twelve o'clock during the day.

Examples

  • They continued their Words With Friends marathon past MIDDAY.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English midday, from Old English middæġ (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- + day. Cognate with Scots midday (“midday”), West Frisian middei (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Dutch middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), German Mittag (“noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Norwegian Bokmål middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”).

Synonyms

high noon, noon, noonday, noontide, twelve noon, 12 noon, 12 o'clock, 12 p.m., meridian, meridiem, midday, nones, noon-time, noontime, sext, twelve, undermeal, undern, undertide

Antonyms

midnight

Scrabble Score: 13

midday: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
midday: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
midday: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

midday: valid Words With Friends Word