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
Scrabble Score: 13
midday: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmidday: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
midday: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary