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mid point
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center |
| Synonyms: | axis, bull's-eye, centrality, centriole, centrum, core, cynosure, equidistance, essence, focal point, focus, gist, heart, hotbed, hub, inside, interior, intermediacy, kernel, mainstream*, marrow, median, middle, middle of the road, midst, nave, navel, nucleus, omphalos, pith, pivot, place, polestar, quick*, radial point, root, seat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | middle |
| Synonyms: | at halfway point, centermost, deepest, equidistant, inmost, inner, innermost, inside, interior, intermediary, intermediate, internal, mean, medial, mid, middlemost, midpoint, midway |
| Antonyms: | bordering, edging, exterior, marginal, outside, peripheral |
| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | middle point |
| Synonyms: | axis, bull's-eye, centrality, centriole, centrum, core, cynosure, equidistance, essence, focal point, focus, gist, heart, hotbed, hub, inside, interior, intermediacy, kernel, mainstream*, marrow, middle of the road, midpoint, midst, nave, navel, nucleus, omphalos, pith, pivot, place, polestar, quick, radial point, root, seat |
| Antonyms: | border, boundary, edge, exterior, exteriority, margin, outside, outskirts, periphery, rim, surroundings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | core |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center, gist |
| Synonyms: | amount, base, basis, body, bottom line, bulk, burden, consequence, corpus, crux, essence, focus, foundation, heart, import, importance, kernel, main idea, mass, meat and potatoes, meat*, middle, midpoint, midst, nitty gritty, nub, nucleus, origin, pith, pivot, purport, quick, root, significance, staple, substance, thrust, upshot |
| Antonyms: | covering, exterior, exteriority, outside, perimeter, surface |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | average |
| Synonyms: | balance, center, compromise, happy medium, median, middle, middle course, midpoint, norm, par |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
| Main Entry: | median |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | middle |
| Synonyms: | average, center, centermost, central, equidistant, halfway, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, mid, middlemost, midmost, midpoint, midway, par |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| Antonyms: | extreme, outside |
| Main Entry: | middle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center |
| Synonyms: | core, deep, focus, halfway, halfway point, heart, inside, marrow, mean, media, midpoint, midriff, midsection, midst, thick, waist |
| Antonyms: | border, margin, outside |
| Main Entry: | midst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | middle, core |
| Synonyms: | betwixt and between, bosom, center, deep, depths, halfway, heart, hub, interior, mean, medium, midpoint, nucleus, thick |
| Antonyms: | exterior, exteriority, outside |
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| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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barbaresque, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, base, base, below par, boorish, born within sound of Bow, churlish, clownish, cockney, common, demotic, dunghull, earth, homespun, ignoble, loutish, low, low, mean, menial, mushroom, no great shakes, obscure, of low extraction, of low origin, of low parentage, of mean extraction, of mean origin, of mean parentage, philodemic, plebeian, proletarian, proletariat, raffish, risen from the ranks, rude, rustic, scrubby, snobbish, sorry, subaltern, uncivilized, underling, unknown to fame, unlicked, untitled, vile, vulgar
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