noontides
Twelve o'clock moments
Noontides is the plural of noontide, a literary or archaic word for noon or midday.
The word evokes the sun at its peak: the heat of summer noontides, countless noontides passed in quiet labor.
Like other -tide compounds (eventide, Christmastide), it sounds deliberately old-fashioned in modern use.
Twelve hours after midnight
- twelve o'clockNoon or midnight
- meridianPole-to-pole great circle
- zenithPoint straight overhead
- midpointExact center between two
lunch hour · siesta time · hour hand · timekeeping · daily rhythm
Readying for action
- peakUtmost height attained
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- zenithPoint straight overhead
- heightVertical extent upward
culmination · pinnacle · acme · high point · flourishing · golden age · heyday · maturity
Radiance from our star
- brightnessDegree of light emitted
- glareFierce stare or brightness
- radianceGlowing luminous quality
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
blazing · dazzling · shadowless · harsh light · scorching · illumination · golden rays · sun-drenched
midday
Twelve hours after midnight
- twelve o'clockNoon or midnight
- meridianPole-to-pole great circle
- zenithPoint straight overhead
midpoint · lunch hour · siesta time · hour hand · timekeeping · daily rhythm
prime
Readying for action
height · culmination · pinnacle · acme · high point · flourishing · golden age · heyday · maturity · fullness
sunlight
Radiance from our star
- brightnessDegree of light emitted
- glareFierce stare or brightness
- radianceGlowing luminous quality
brilliance · blazing · dazzling · shadowless · harsh light · scorching · illumination · golden rays · sun-drenched · blinding
archaic
Belonging to earlier times
- poeticOf or like verse
- VictorianOf a prim era
- antiquatedOld and outdated
Tennyson · Shelley · ode · lyric · meter · stanza · bucolic · idyll · elegiac · nineteenth century
noontidesmidnights
Plural of day's end
midnight · witching hours · dead of night · small hours · dawns