antemeridian

1. 1.

   before noon

   Antonymspostmeridian

   Similarante meridiem

Questions about antemeridian

What does antemeridian mean?

antemeridian means "before noon".

How many syllables are in antemeridian?

antemeridian has 6 syllables: an-te-me-rid-i-an. The stress falls on "rid". In IPA it is /ˌæntəmɛˈɹɪdiən/.

What is the opposite of antemeridian?

The recorded antonyms are postmeridian.

Is antemeridian a common word?

antemeridian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.