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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | midway |
| 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
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
abstemious, adiaphorous, average, axial, azygous, central, centrical, centripetal, commonplace, concentric, entad, equatorial, equidistant, focal, fulcrate, geocentric, homocentric, intermediate, mean, medial, mediate, mediterranean, mesial, mesne, mesothetic, mid, middle, middle-class, middlemost, middling, midmost, neutral, paracentral, phallocentric, straight, tapsell, umbilical, vorticiform, vortiginous
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| Concept: | Middle. |
| Category: | 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
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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