Word Type

Noun

Adjective

The word "midnight" can be used as noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

noon

Derived Terms

burn the midnight oil midnight appointment midnight blue midnight cactus midnight chow midnight feast midnight horror midnight in Tokyo midnight in a coal mine midnight mass midnight movie midnight oil midnight regulation midnight run midnight snack midnight sun midnightish midnightly post-midnight postmidnight premidnight

Derived From

night

Distinct From

noon

Context

historical

Part Of (Holonyms)

day

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

hour nighttime time of day

Type Of (IsA)

another way of saying 12 00 am calendar hour hour

Parts (Meronyms)

midnight feast midnight mass midnight snack

Part Of

night

Related Terms

afternoon dawn dusk early morning evening first light morning night postdawn

Related Terms

after after eleven black dark eleven equidistant exactly hour middle night numbers o'clock sixth sunrise sunset temporal hour time twelfth twelfth hour twelve twelve numbers

Synonym Network

am

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.