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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | middle |
| Synonyms: | average, between, betwixt and between, center, centermost, central, equidistant, halfway, inner, inside, intermediate, intervening, mainstream*, mean, medial, median, medium, mezzo, mid, middle of the road, middle-of-the-road, middlemost, midmost, smack in the middle, straddling the fence |
* = 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: | 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: | en route |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on the way to destination |
| Synonyms: | advancing, along the way, bound, driving, en voyage, entrained, flying, heading toward, in passage, in transit, making headway, midway, on the road, pressing on, progressing, traveling |
| Antonyms: | derailed, detained, off the path, sidetracked |
| Main Entry: | halfway |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not complete; in the middle |
| Synonyms: | betwixt and between, center, centermost, central, equidistant, imperfect, intermediate, medial, median, mid, middlemost, midway, moderate, part, part-way, partial, smack dab, smack in the middle |
| Antonyms: | complete, total, whole |
| Main Entry: | halfway |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | not complete; in the middle |
| Synonyms: | comparatively, compromising, conciliatory, half the distance, imperfectly, in part, incompletely, insufficiently, medially, middling, midway, moderately, nearly, partially, partly, pretty*, rather, restrictedly, to a degree, to some extent, to the middle, unsatisfactorily |
| Antonyms: | completely, totally, wholly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intermediate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | middle, in-between |
| Synonyms: | average, between, center, central, common, compromising, fair, halfway, indifferent, intermediary, interposed, intervening, mean, medial, median, mediocre, medium, mid, middling, midway, moderate, neutral, so-so, standard, transitional |
| Antonyms: | end, 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-of-the-road |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moderate |
| Synonyms: | balanced, cautious, compromising, conservative, controlled, disciplined, even, impartial, indifferent, inexpensive, midway, mild, modest, neutral, noncommittal, nonpartisan, not excessive, on the fence, reasonable, straight |
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