Synonyms for MEDIUM
ˈmi di əm; -di əmedi·um

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1. mediumnoun

   a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information

   Synonyms:
   spiritualist, mass medium, metier, sensitive, culture medium

   Antonyms:
   raw, immoderate

2. mediumnoun

   the surrounding environment

   "fish require an aqueous medium"

   Synonyms:
   spiritualist, mass medium, metier, sensitive, culture medium

   Antonyms:
   raw, immoderate

3. mediumnoun

   an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication

   Synonyms:
   spiritualist, mass medium, metier, sensitive, culture medium

   Antonyms:
   raw, immoderate

4. culture medium, mediumnoun

   (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms

   Synonyms:
   medium, mass medium, metier, spiritualist, sensitive, culture medium

   Antonyms:
   immoderate, raw

5. mediumnoun

   a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter

   Synonyms:
   spiritualist, mass medium, metier, sensitive, culture medium

   Antonyms:
   immoderate, raw

6. mediumnoun

   (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed

   Synonyms:
   spiritualist, mass medium, metier, sensitive, culture medium

   Antonyms:
   immoderate, raw

7. mediumnoun

   an intervening substance through which something is achieved

   "the dissolving medium is called a solvent"

   Synonyms:
   spiritualist, mass medium, metier, sensitive, culture medium

   Antonyms:
   raw, immoderate

8. mediumnoun

   a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position

   "a happy medium"

   Synonyms:
   spiritualist, mass medium, metier, sensitive, culture medium

   Antonyms:
   immoderate, raw

9. medium, spiritualist, sensitivenoun

   someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

   "he consulted several mediums"

   Synonyms:
   spiritualist, mass medium, metier, medium, sensitive, culture medium

   Antonyms:
   immoderate, raw

10. medium, mass mediumnoun

    (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

    Synonyms:
    spiritualist, mass medium, metier, medium, sensitive, culture medium

    Antonyms:
    raw, immoderate

11. metier, mediumadjective

    an occupation for which you are especially well suited

    "in law he found his true metier"

    Synonyms:
    spiritualist, specialty, speciality, sensitive, long suit, culture medium, strength, metier, strong point, medium, mass medium, strong suit, forte

    Antonyms:
    raw, immoderate

12. average, intermediate, mediumadjective

    around the middle of a scale of evaluation

    "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"

    Synonyms:
    fair, mean(a), middling, ordinary, median(a), average, mediocre, medium, modal(a), intermediate

    Antonyms:
    raw, immoderate

13. mediumadjective

    (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside

    Synonyms:
    average, intermediate

    Antonyms:
    raw, immoderate

Matched Categories

1. • Bacteriology
   • Biology
   • Communication
   • Environment
   • Instrumentality
   • Liquid
   • Nutrient
   • Psychic
   • State
   • Substance
   • Transmission

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. mediumnoun

   Synonyms:
   intervening substance

2. mediumnoun

   Synonyms:
   means, instrumentality

3. mediumnoun

   Synonyms:
   mean average, mean proportion

4. mediumnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Painting.) menstruum

5. mediumnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Logic.) middle term

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mediumadjective

   Synonyms:
   intermediate, middling, mean, average, médiocre

2. mediumnoun

   Synonyms:
   middle, means, instrumentality, agency, menstruum, psychic

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1. List of paraphrases for "medium":

   medium-, average, medium-sized, psychic, means, middle, medium-size, environment, medium-scale, averages, media, way, median, medium-term, moderate, mid-, east, secondary, mid-sized, mean, midsize, intermediate, mid, milieu, mediumsized, middle-, plea, mid-term, mid-size, midst

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How to use MEDIUM in a sentence?

1. Václav Havel:

   The role of the writer is not simply to arrange Being according to his own lights; he must also serve as a medium to Being and remain open to its often unfathomable dictates. This is the only way the work can transcend its creator and radiate its meaning further than the author himself can see or perceive.

2. Henrik Pontzen:

   It will be decisive in the medium and long run, how fast companies can adjust their energy supply, modify business models and to what degree they can pass on additional costs to consumers.

3. The Arx Pax patent:

   In an earthquake, a construction platform floating on a buffer medium may experience greatly reduced shear forces, in a flood, a construction platform floating on a buffer medium can be configured to rise as water levels rise to limit flood damage.

4. Willy Lam:

   Most private businesspeople, particularly owners of small- and medium-sized firms, still prefer to lie low instead of making big investments in a market that stresses party control rather than the entrepreneurial spirit.

5. Simon Wessely:

   I am sure that social media plays a role in unhappiness, but it has as many benefits as it does negatives, we need to teach children how to cope with all aspects of social media -- good and bad -- to prepare them for an increasingly digitized world. There is real danger in blaming the medium for the message.