Synonyms for between
bɪˈtwinbe·tween

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1. betweenpreposition

   Synonyms:
   atwix, atween

2. betweenpreposition

   In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See the Usage notes below.)

   Synonyms:
   atween, atwix

3. betweenpreposition

   Shared in confidence.

   Synonyms:
   atween, atwix

4. betweenpreposition

   In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).

   Synonyms:
   atwix, atween

5. betweenpreposition

   Combined (by effort or ownership).

   Synonyms:
   atween, atwix

6. betweenpreposition

   One of (representing a choice).

   You must choose between him and me.

   Synonyms:
   atween, atwix

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. between

   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."

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:2.0 / 5 votes

1. between, betwixtadverb

   in the interval

   "dancing all the dances with little rest between"

   Synonyms:
   betwixt

2. between, 'tweenadverb

   in between

   "two houses with a tree between"

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1. twix

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. betweenprep.

   Synonyms:
   BETWIXT

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1. betweenadjective

   Synonyms:
   interjacent, intervening

2. betweenprep

   Synonyms:
   betwixt (Obsolescent)

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1. List of paraphrases for "between":

   among, amongst, inter, entre, across, enters, enter

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1. President Biden:

   The soul of America is animated by the perennial battle between our worst instincts, which we've seen of late, and our better angels, between ‘me first’ and ‘we the people.’ Between greed and generosity. Cruelty and kindness. Captivity and freedom.

2. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   The question is no longer between violence and non-violence it is between non-violence and non-existence.

3. Joan Didion:

   It is impossible to think of Howard Hughes without seeing the apparently bottomless gulf between what we say we want and what we do want, between what we officially admire and secretly desire, between, in the largest sense, the people we marry and the people we love. In a nation which increasingly appears to prize social virtues, Howard Hughes remains not merely antisocial but grandly, brilliantly, surpassingly, asocial. He is the last private man, the dream we no longer admit.

4. Vince Lombardi:

   The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

5. George Washington:

   There is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.