undern

6 synonyms for undern, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Noun — Another word for terce, the time about nine in the morning.

Synonyms

Everyday swaps

Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.

afternoon evening

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

noon meridian

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

arvo eventide

Synonyms by Meaning

1. noun

Another word for noon, the middle of the day.

noon meridian

2. noun

Another word for the afternoon.

arvo afternoon

3. noun

Another word for the evening.

evening eventide

Etymology

Came into English via Middle English undern, ondern, which developed from Old English undern (“third hour of the day; nine o'clock; morning”), from Proto-Germanic *undurniz (“interval”), in turn from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥ter, *h₁enter (“between”). It is cognate with dialectal Dutch onder, dialectal German Untern an...

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