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Synonyms for middle
ˈmɪd lmid·dle
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Wiktionary
middlenoun
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.
middlenoun
Central to.
middlenoun
the middle stump
middlenoun
The central part of a human body.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Antonyms:
bound, boundary, circumference, perimeter, rim
Princeton's WordNet
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, eyeAntonyms:
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, terminalmiddlenoun
an intermediate part or section
"A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
Synonyms:
eye, midriff, heart, center, midsection, centreAntonyms:
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, Oldmiddle, 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, eyeAntonyms:
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, proterozoicmiddleadjective
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, centreAntonyms:
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, earliestin-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, earliestcenter(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, primaevalmiddleadjective
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)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, archeanmiddleverb
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
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
middleadjective
Synonyms:
mean, medial, half way, between the extremesmiddlenoun
Synonyms:
midst, centre, central part
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
middleadjective
Synonyms:
mean, medial, intermediate, interveningmiddlenoun
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#216 | center | |
#331 | media | |
#576 | east | |
#686 | central | |
#754 | means | |
#774 | average | |
#786 | environment | |
#824 | centre | |
#889 | heart | |
#928 | half | |
#1141 | middle | |
#1566 | eye | |
#1614 | medium | |
#1617 | core | |
#2045 | mid | |
#2181 | spirit | |
#3505 | kernel | |
#3601 | sum | |
#3877 | pump | |
#4041 | meat | |
#4308 | substance | |
#4518 | mall | |
#4733 | plaza | |
#5026 | intermediate | |
#5283 | median | |
#7805 | essence | |
#8377 | nerve | |
#10691 | optic | |
#12159 | midway | |
#12558 | ticker | |
#12856 | midst | |
#13835 | amid | |
#14515 | orient | |
#14560 | marrow | |
#15254 | halfway | |
#15988 | affection | |
#21854 | intermediary | |
#23522 | diaphragm | |
#26305 | intermediaries | |
#26616 | mediate | |
#26713 | tenderness | |
#27827 | snapper | |
#29027 | intermediates | |
#32051 | bosom | |
#32803 | gist | |
#34299 | milieu | |
#37398 | midpoint | |
#44610 | spunk | |
#47936 | idler | |
#48084 | fondness | |
#49139 | intermedia | |
#59668 | oriente | |
#65586 | mettle | |
#69995 | pith | |
#70251 | nub | |
#71898 | centerfield | |
#99790 | midsection | |
#106597 | midriff | |
#131859 | oculus | |
#153235 | sharq | |
#194780 | philia | |
#219279 | asharq | |
#244606 | inwardness | |
#315244 | warmness |
How to use middle in a sentence?
Today we are dismayed to see how in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world many of our brothers and sisters are persecuted, tortured and killed for their faith in Jesus, in this third world war, waged piecemeal, which we are now experiencing, a form of genocide is taking place, and it must end.
The American people understand that the economy we had before the pandemic left far too many people behind, and that more and more families were finding that their grip on a middle class life -- and the security it affords -- was precarious. The American people know we can't afford to simply turn the clock back to where we were.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee:
If Ryan will not lead and reject the importation of those fleeing the Middle East without assurances that we can separate refugees from terrorists, then Speaker Ryan needs to step down today and let someone else lead.
But the Amish are on farms, they live isolated, we are living like this right in the middle of New York City. We’re in the middle of New York City and we don’t know other cultures, other people. My Hasidic friends don’t know English.
Iran's destructive and destabilizing role in the Middle East goes far beyond its illicit missile launches. From Syria to Yemen and Iraq to Lebanon, Iran's support for terrorism continues unabated.
Translations for middle
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- middeAfrikaans
- اوسط, وسط, متوسط, منتصفArabic
- цӏцӏоробAvaric
- ortaAzerbaijani
- mitjàCatalan, Valencian
- střed, prostředníCzech
- canolWelsh
- midteDanish
- Mitte, Mittel-, Mittelpunkt, mittlere, mittigGerman
- μέση, μέσοGreek
- mezoEsperanto
- medio, centro, centralSpanish
- کمر, مركزي, میان, مياني, ميانهPersian
- keski-, keskusta, keskivartalo, keskialue, keskipiste, keskikeho, keskeinen, keskikohta, puoliväliFinnish
- moyen, central, milieuFrench
- middel, middenWestern Frisian
- lár, meánIrish
- meadhan, meadhanachScottish Gaelic
- मध्यHindi
- derék, közép, középső, középpontHungarian
- միջին, մեջտեղ, կենտրոնArmenian
- medio, centrale, centro, mezzanoItalian
- אHebrew
- 中央, 中間Japanese
- 중간, 中間, 중앙의, 가운데, 중앙, 中央Korean
- ناوهڕاست, ناوهندKurdish
- mediumLatin
- vidurysLithuanian
- vidus, centrāls, viduklis, vidējsLatvian
- половина, средишен, среден, средина, средиштеMacedonian
- tengah, pusatMalay
- အလယ်Burmese
- midden, centrumDutch
- środkowy, środek, sercePolish
- منځ, منځنیPashto, Pushto
- metade, meio, centro, médio, centralPortuguese
- miez, mediu, mijlocRomanian
- середина, среднийRussian
- prostredný, stred, strednýSlovak
- mesAlbanian
- mitt, central, mellerstSwedish
- నడుము, మధ్యTelugu
- gitnaTagalog
- середнійUkrainian
- giữaVietnamese
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