Synonyms for middle
ˈmɪd lmid·dle

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1. middlenoun

   Synonyms:
   centre, midst, midpoint, center

2. middlenoun

   Being in the middle or in-between; as middle point, middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages, middle weight, etc.

   The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle.

   Synonyms:
   midst, midpoint, center, centre

3. middlenoun

   Central to.

   Synonyms:
   midpoint, center, midst, centre

4. middlenoun

   the middle stump

   Synonyms:
   center, midpoint, midst, centre

5. middlenoun

   The central part of a human body.

   Synonyms:
   centre, midst, midpoint, center

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1. middle

   We speak of the center of a circle, the middle of a room, the middle of the street, the midst of a forest. The center is equally distant from every point of the circumference of a circle, or from the opposite boundaries on each axis of a parallelogram, etc.; the middle is more general and less definite. The center is a point; the middle may be a line or a space. We say at the center; in the middle. Midst commonly implies a group or multitude of surrounding objects. Compare synonyms for AMID.

   Synonyms:
   center, midst

   Antonyms:
   bound, boundary, circumference, perimeter, rim

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1. center, centre, middle, heart, eyenoun

   an area that is approximately central within some larger region

   "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"

   Synonyms:
   affection, warmness, affectionateness, substance, center of attention, center field, philia, plaza, meat, centre, center, tenderness, snapper, core, marrow, sum, fondness, nerve, ticker, nerve center, shopping center, midsection, optic, midriff, kernel, nitty-gritty, spirit, centerfield, gist, warmheartedness, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, bosom, mall, essence, nub, mettle, pump, heart and soul, shopping centre, oculus, spunk, midpoint, eye

   Antonyms:
   offset, beginning, starting time, start, kickoff, end, first, commencement, outset, showtime, get-go, ending, proterozoic, untimely, New, primeval, advanced, archaeozoic, primordial, previous(p), late, primal, peripheral, proto(a), Modern, earliest, primaeval, archaean, earlyish, early, ripe, wee, beforehand(p), latish, azoic, Old, aboriginal, after-hours, earlier, posthumous, archeozoic, advance(a), premature, archean, terminal

2. middlenoun

   an intermediate part or section

   "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle

   Synonyms:
   eye, midriff, heart, center, midsection, centre

   Antonyms:
   commencement, starting time, kickoff, first, start, end, outset, get-go, showtime, ending, offset, beginning, late, earliest, New, archeozoic, wee, archean, primal, primordial, ripe, aboriginal, latish, earlyish, premature, after-hours, Modern, advanced, advance(a), proto(a), early, proterozoic, azoic, untimely, earlier, beforehand(p), primaeval, previous(p), posthumous, primeval, terminal, archaean, peripheral, archaeozoic, Old

3. middle, midriff, midsectionnoun

   the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)

   "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"

   Synonyms:
   center, heart, midsection, diaphragm, midriff, centre, eye

   Antonyms:
   commencement, starting time, outset, first, end, start, offset, beginning, ending, get-go, kickoff, showtime, archean, advanced, peripheral, azoic, archeozoic, latish, primal, archaeozoic, New, premature, earlyish, untimely, late, Modern, earliest, Old, beforehand(p), primeval, primaeval, earlier, aboriginal, terminal, advance(a), early, ripe, archaean, posthumous, wee, primordial, previous(p), proto(a), after-hours, proterozoic

4. middleadjective

   time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period

   "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"

   Synonyms:
   eye, midriff, heart, center, midsection, centre

   Antonyms:
   beginning, commencement, offset, get-go, start, outset, end, ending, showtime, starting time, kickoff, first, New, early, beforehand(p), Old, aboriginal, Modern, archeozoic, ripe, primeval, archaeozoic, late, primal, primordial, after-hours, advanced, peripheral, latish, premature, posthumous, azoic, wee, archean, proterozoic, archaean, earlyish, primaeval, untimely, advance(a), terminal, previous(p), proto(a), earlier, earliest

5. in-between, mediate, middleadjective

   being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

   "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line"

   Synonyms:
   middle(a), midway, halfway, mediate, in-between, center(a)

   Antonyms:
   outset, beginning, end, start, get-go, first, kickoff, ending, starting time, commencement, offset, showtime, Old, peripheral, archean, proterozoic, beforehand(p), latish, wee, aboriginal, early, premature, after-hours, archeozoic, Modern, proto(a), terminal, azoic, earlier, posthumous, advance(a), archaean, untimely, earlyish, New, primordial, late, primaeval, previous(p), primal, ripe, archaeozoic, advanced, primeval, earliest

6. center(a), halfway, middle(a), midwayadjective

   equally distant from the extremes

   Antonyms:
   end, offset, outset, start, beginning, commencement, showtime, kickoff, starting time, first, get-go, ending, advanced, archean, previous(p), archaeozoic, primal, New, proto(a), beforehand(p), wee, early, premature, peripheral, latish, earliest, proterozoic, Old, primeval, posthumous, late, archaean, azoic, earlyish, Modern, earlier, ripe, aboriginal, after-hours, archeozoic, terminal, advance(a), primordial, untimely, primaeval

7. middleadjective

   of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages

   "Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500"; "Middle Gaelic"

   Synonyms:
   middle(a), midway, halfway, mediate, in-between, center(a)

   Antonyms:
   outset, ending, commencement, offset, get-go, start, beginning, starting time, end, first, showtime, kickoff, after-hours, earliest, New, proto(a), archean, primaeval, untimely, primordial, early, aboriginal, wee, terminal, latish, proterozoic, posthumous, peripheral, late, advanced, earlier, earlyish, previous(p), premature, primeval, Old, archeozoic, azoic, primal, advance(a), ripe, Modern, archaean, archaeozoic, beforehand(p)

8. middleverb

   between an earlier and a later period of time

   "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"

   Synonyms:
   middle(a), midway, halfway, mediate, in-between, center(a)

   Antonyms:
   commencement, starting time, beginning, get-go, ending, end, start, first, kickoff, outset, showtime, offset, primaeval, early, late, earliest, beforehand(p), Old, aboriginal, New, proto(a), proterozoic, archeozoic, Modern, latish, previous(p), earlier, primordial, untimely, archaean, earlyish, after-hours, premature, ripe, posthumous, advanced, primeval, terminal, primal, archaeozoic, peripheral, azoic, advance(a), wee, archean

9. middleverb

   put in the middle

   Antonyms:
   end, outset, kickoff, starting time, commencement, first, start, showtime, get-go, ending, offset, beginning, azoic, primaeval, primal, advance(a), terminal, New, proto(a), latish, wee, archaeozoic, earlier, beforehand(p), archaean, aboriginal, late, premature, previous(p), early, archean, earliest, Modern, primeval, after-hours, advanced, ripe, archeozoic, Old, posthumous, untimely, earlyish, primordial, proterozoic, peripheral

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. middleadjective

   Synonyms:
   mean, medial, half way, between the extremes

2. middlenoun

   Synonyms:
   midst, centre, central part

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1. middleadjective

   Synonyms:
   mean, medial, intermediate, intervening

2. middlenoun

   Synonyms:
   center, midst

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1. List of paraphrases for "middle":

   asharq, east, intermediate, al-sharq, oriente, medium, mid, average, idler, medium-sized, intermediary, midst, amid, central, environment, středního, median, half, intermediaries, mid-, middle-of-the-road, intermediates, means, intermedia, sharq, mid-term, media, orient, milieu, middle-level, centre

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1. Michael Breus:

   It is simply never a good idea in the middle of the night to eat.

2. Megan Smith:

   We just weren’t taking it, we said, ‘We have to have faith,’ and that’s when we made her middle name ‘Faith’ because we weren’t going to give up on her.

3. Neil Hauer:

   The Neil Hauer presence there was first about anti-ISIS. Now The US presence's about anti-Iran, and the camp is caught in the middle.

4. Jamie Lynn:

   Since the day I was born, I've only loved adored and supported my sister. I mean this is my freaking big sister, before any of this bulls -. I don't care if she wants to run away to a rainforest and have zillion babies in the middle of nowhere, or if she wants to come back and dominate the world the way she has done so many times before, because I have nothing to gain or lose either way, this situation does not affect me either way, because I'm only her sister who's only concerned about her happiness.

5. John Cena:

   As of now, there are said to be no official plans to pick up the wedding planning, but the couple, who were recently spotted out together in San Diego where they shared a home, appears to be focused on moving their relationship forward. The news of the couple's reconciliation comes just a few days after the most recent episode of Total Bellas aired on Sunday night. In the episode, while in the middle of planning their vineyard wedding, Nikki Bella and John Cena made the hard decision to call off the wedding while the cameras were rolling. The 34-year-old reality star was captured crying as she explained to John Cena that she wanted to be a mother. I'll never force you not to be a mom, i thought I could really sacrifice that but I just ca n’t.