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/ˈnundeɪ/ · noun
The time of noon; the time of day when the sun is highest in the sky, especially on a hot day..
She should not walk, he said, through the dust and heat of the noonday; Nay, she should ride like a queen, not plod along like a peasant.
Use noonday when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Noonday means The time of noon; the time of day when the sun is highest in the sky, especially on a hot day..
Common synonyms include midday, noon, noontime, noontide.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She should not walk, he said, through the dust and heat of the noonday; Nay, she should ride like a queen, not plod along like a peasant.
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