Synonyms for milieu
mɪlˈyʊ, mil-; Fr. miˈlyœ; mɪlˈyʊz, mil-; Fr. miˈlyœmi·lieu

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1. milieu, surroundingsnoun

   the environmental condition

   Synonyms:
   surround, environment, surroundings, environs

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1. • Environment

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1. List of paraphrases for "milieu":

   environment, medium, middle, mid

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1. List of known nicknames for "Milieu":

   Vhom, A Night on Mars, Parallax, Coppice Halifax, Brian Grainger, Grainger, Brian

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How to use milieu in a sentence?

1. Bob Baer:

   The thing with Russian spies is 99 percent of them are walk-ins, and these people make the decision on their own completely, putting it out there and getting in this milieu and seeding the idea of volunteering for The FBI is a good idea.

2. David Schenker:

   In many ways, I think he'd really rather be jumping out of airplanes than meeting in Davos with the rich and powerful, the military milieu is one in which the King is most comfortable.

3. Melissa Goist:

   Due to the nature of the design, thongs can potentially promote transmission of colon bacteria towards and into the vagina, this potentially will disrupt the normal bacterial milieu and increase the risk of vaginal and urinary infections.

4. David Schenker:

   The military milieu is one in which the King is most comfortable.

5. Bob Baer:

   Putting it out there and getting in this milieu and seeding the idea of volunteering for The FBI is a good idea.