Antonyms for amongst
əˈmʌŋst, əˈmʌŋkstamongst

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1. amongstpreposition

   Synonyms:
   among, amidst, amid

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1. amongst

   Amid or amidst denotes surrounded by; among or amongst denotes mingled with. Between (archaic or poetic, betwixt) is said of two persons or objects, or of two groups of persons or objects. "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen," Gen. xiii, 9; the reference being to two bodies of herdmen. Amid denotes mere position; among, some active relation, as of companionship, hostility, etc. Lowell's "Among my Books" regards the books as companions; amid my books would suggest packing, storing, or some other incidental circumstance. We say among friends, or among enemies, amidst the woods, amid the shadows. In the midst of may have merely the local meaning; as, I found myself in the midst of a crowd; or it may express even closer association than among; as, "I found myself in the midst of friends" suggests their pressing up on every side, oneself the central object; so, "where two or three are met together in my name, there am I in the midst of them," Matt. xviii, 20; in which case it would be feebler to say "among them," impossible to say "amid them," not so well to say "amidst them."

   Antonyms:
   afar from, away from, beyond, far from, outside, without

   Synonyms:
   amid, amidst, among, between, betwixt, in the midst of, mingled with, surrounded by

How to use amongst in a sentence?

1. Mona Gohara:

   There is a false sense of immunity amongst populations of color and the doctors caring for us, cancer is cancer ; no population is fortunate enough to be exempt from this disease.

2. Virendra Chauhan:

   Saudi Arabia's strategy of targeting market share amongst key Asian consumers remains at play, it's a buyers' market at the moment so Saudi will be looking to place its barrels aggressively or risk losing out.

3. Richard Gowan:

   This is the single biggest crisis to hit Bill Clinton since the end of the Cold War, it is possible that this does mark the beginning of a sort of fundamental rupture amongst the great powers that will make Bill Clinton diplomacy see vastly harder going forward.

4. Jackie Bradley Jr.:

   We were all talking amongst each other, and I think that's the first time I know that I've seen going from your eighth-inning guy to a position player (pitching) in the same inning, i've never seen it. It was an unbelievable run by our team.

5. Margery Allingham:

   When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.

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