Midnight

Quick meaning: Midnight is a noun meaning The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.

Meaning

The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.

More Meanings

1. Twelve o'clock at night exactly.
2. (dice games) Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”).
3. (poetic) Utterly dark or black.

Example Sentences

Free and falling, his midnight hair flowed out all around us like a silk canopy.

Thanks to its sonar, the narwhal can remain active even at midnight, unhindered by the darkness.

And vpon the first day of the weeke, when the disciples came together to breake bread, Paul preached vnto them, ready to depart on the morrow, and continued his speach vntill midnight.

The police report said that officers, who told CNN they are not currently pursuing criminal charges, arrived to the scene just after midnight and found Gillum and a second person, Aldo Mejias, in the hotel room.

Word Forms

• midnights

Synonyms for midnight

Depending on context, synonyms include noon, boxcars.

Antonyms for midnight

Common opposites include midday, noon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include noon, evening, night, middle, mid, north.

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