noonday

Questions about noonday

What does noonday mean?

noonday means "the middle of the day".

How many syllables are in noonday?

noonday has 2 syllables and divides as noon-day under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for noonday?

Close synonyms include noon, twelve noon, high noon, midday, noontide. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is noonday a common word?

noonday is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.