middle

[mid-l] / ˈmɪd l /

ADJECTIVE

central

Synonyms

STRONGEST

intermediate

STRONG

average center inside intervening mainstream mean median medium mezzo

WEAK

between betwixt and between centermost equidistant halfway inner medial middle-of-the-road middlemost midmost smack in the middle straddling the fence

Antonyms

STRONG

exterior extreme outside

WEAK

border outer

NOUN

center

Synonyms

STRONGEST

heart midst

STRONG

core deep focus inside marrow mean media midpoint midriff midsection thick waist

WEAK

halfway halfway point

Antonyms

STRONGEST

exterior exteriority outside

WEAK

border margin

Example Sentences

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“Underemployment, gig work and precarity—long features of working-class American life—were finally reaching the upper tiers of the middle class,” read the scenario.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

One of the crocodile's most unusual features was a prominent hump located in the middle of its snout.

From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026

The 37-year-old former Presbyterian seminarian and middle school teacher is aiming to become the first Texas Democrat to win a Senate seat in three decades.

From Barron's • Jun. 13, 2026

Batting in the middle has always been Danni Wyatt-Hodge's happy place.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Tracts of undeveloped land opened to a distant darkness off one side of the road, and I suddenly felt alone and in the middle of nowhere.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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