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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | central |
| Synonyms: | average, between, betwixt and between, center, centermost, equidistant, halfway, inner, inside, intermediate, intervening, mainstream, mean, medial, median, medium, mezzo, middle of the road, middlemost, midmost, smack in the middle, straddling the fence |
| Antonyms: | border, extreme, outer, outside |
| Concept: | Middle. |
| Category: | 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER |
| Synonyms: |
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middle, midst, mediety, mean; medium, middle term; center, mid-course [more]; mezzo termine; juste milieu; halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos; nucleus, nucleolus., equidistance, bisection, half distance; equator, diaphragm, midriff; intermediate.
-adjectives
middle, medial, mesial, mean, mid, median, average; middlemost, midmost; mediate; intermediate (interjacent); equidistant; central; mediterranean, equatorial; homocentric.
-adverbs
in the middle; midway, halfway; midships, amidships, in medias res.
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| Main Entry: | abdomen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the stomach and area directly below in an animate being |
| Synonyms: | bay window, belly, bowels, breadbasket, corporation, gut, guts, intestines, middle, midriff, midsection, paunch, pot, potbelly, spare tire, tummy, venter, viscera |
| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | numerical mean |
| Synonyms: | intermediate, median, medium, middle |
| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | normal, typical amount |
| Synonyms: | mean, median, medium, middle, midpoint, norm, par, rule, standard, usual |
| Antonyms: | abnormality, exception, extreme, unusual |
| Main Entry: | central |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | main, principal; in the middle |
| Synonyms: | axial, basic, cardinal, center, centric, centroidal, chief, dominant, equidistant, essential, focal, foremost, fundamental, important, inmost, inner, interior, intermediate, key, leading, master, mean, median, mid, middle, middlemost, midmost, midway, nuclear, omphalic, outstanding, overriding, paramount, pivotal, predominant, primary, prime, radical, ruling, salient, significant, umbilical |
| Antonyms: | exterior, minor, outside, peripheral, secondary |
| 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: | deep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the sea |
| Synonyms: | Davy Jones's locker, Poseidon's realm, blue*, brine, briny, drink*, main, middle, ocean, the high seas |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essence, central part |
| Synonyms: | basic, bosom, bottom line, center, coal and ice, core, crux, focal point, focus, gist, hub, kernel, marrow, middle, nitty-gritty, nub, nucleus, pith, polestar, quick*, quintessence, root, seat, soul |
| Antonyms: | exterior, exteriority, outside, periphery, surface |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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