'Noon' definitions:
Definition of 'noon'
From: WordNet
noun
Definition of 'Noon'
From: GCIDE
- Noon \Noon\, a. Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional. --Young. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Noon'
From: GCIDE
- Noon \Noon\, v. i. To take rest and refreshment at noon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Noon'
From: GCIDE
- Noon \Noon\ (n[=o]n), a. No. See the Note under No. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Noon'
From: GCIDE
- Noon \Noon\ (n[=oo]n), n. [AS. n[=o]n, orig., the ninth hour, fr. L. nona (sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the church services (called nones) at that hour, the time of which was afterwards changed to noon. See Nine, and cf. Nones, Nunchion.]
- 1. The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, the highest point; culmination. [1913 Webster]
- In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
- High noon, the exact meridian; midday.
- Noon of night, midnight. [Poetic] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'noon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acme,
- apex,
- apogee,
- brow,
- cap,
- capstone,
- climax,
- cloud nine,
- crest,
- crown,
- culmen,
- culmination,
- edge,
- eight bells,
- extreme limit,
- extremity,
- heaven,
- heavens,
- height,
- high noon,
- highest pitch,
- highest point,
- limit,
- maximum,
- meridian,
- meridiem,
- midday,
- mountaintop,
- ne plus ultra,
- no place higher,
- noonday,
- nooning,
- noonish,
- noonlight,
- noonlit,
- noontide,
- noontime,
- not a soul,
- peak,
- pinnacle,
- pitch,
- point,
- pole,
- ridge,
- seventh heaven,
- sky,
- spire,
- summit,
- tip,
- tip-top,
- top,
- upmost,
- upper extremity,
- uppermost,
- utmost,
- vertex,
- very top,
- zenith