noonday
Sun directly overhead
Noonday refers to the middle of the day—noon and the hours immediately surrounding it.
The word appears most often as an adjective: the noonday sun, noonday heat.
It has a slightly literary or old-fashioned quality compared to simply saying noon or midday.
Noon eating period
- workdayStandard labor period
- midshiftDuring one's work period
- office hoursDesignated meeting availability
- business hoursScheduled time for commerce
lunch rush · commute · deadline · schedule · routine · productivity · meeting
Midday rest
- lunchbreakScheduled eating interval
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- recessPause in activity
intermission · downtime · breather · lunch hour · shelter · reprieve · relaxation · escape
Uppermost point or culmination
- peakUtmost height attained
- meridianPole-to-pole great circle
- heightVertical extent upward
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
culmination · highpoint · climax · pinnacle · acme · crest · top · maximum
Extremely hot, uncomfortably so
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- blazingBurning very brightly
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
stifling · searing · parching · wilting · harsh · relentless · intense · brutal
lunchtime
Noon eating period
- workdayStandard labor period
- midshiftDuring one's work period
- office hoursDesignated meeting availability
business hours · lunch rush · commute · deadline · schedule · routine · productivity · meeting
siesta
Midday rest
- lunchbreakScheduled eating interval
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- respiteShort pause from hardship
recess · intermission · downtime · breather · lunch hour · shelter · reprieve · relaxation · escape
apex
Uppermost point or culmination
summit · culmination · highpoint · climax · pinnacle · acme · crest · top · maximum · vertex
sweltering
Extremely hot, uncomfortably so
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- blazingBurning very brightly
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
oppressive · stifling · searing · parching · wilting · harsh · relentless · intense · brutal · merciless
glaring
Harshly conspicuous or bright
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- dazzlingOverwhelmingly bright or impressive
- brightEmitting or reflecting light
blinding · radiant · stark · harsh · shadowless · luminous · vivid · intense · piercing · white
noondaymidnight
Twelve o'clock at night
middle of the night · dead of night · witching hour · nighttime · predawn