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Antonyms for forenoon


Grammar : Noun
Spell : noun fawr-noon, fohr-; adjective fawr-noon, fohr-
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˌfɔrˈnun, ˌfoʊr-; adjective ˈfɔrˌnun, ˈfoʊr-



Definition of forenoon

Origin :
  • c.1500, from fore- + noon.
  • As in morning : noun first part of the day
Example sentences :
  • As soon as he was fairly gone, she wanted to go after him, and she was wild all the forenoon.
  • Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
  • All that forenoon, the little house throbbed with a curious sense of expectancy.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • The coffee-room had no other occupant, that forenoon, than the gentleman in brown.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • Mrs Herbert attended me during the forenoon, but left me after my early dinner.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • The Board of Strategy came in during the forenoon, and the presents had to be shown to them.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I've heard of more dead relations this forenoon than I ever had alive.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He accepted and was even busier than he had been during the forenoon session.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He was in his room, had not yet breakfasted, although it was nearly ten in the forenoon.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Well, he talked all the forenoon and all the way to Orham on the train and most of that night.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I should like to see you at my house this—Thursday—forenoon, on a matter of business.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for forenoon

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