Need another word that means the same as “middle”? Find 39 synonyms and 30 related words for “middle” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Middle” are: center, centre, eye, heart, midriff, midsection, mean, median, dead centre, focus, hub, nucleus, midst, waist, waistline, belly, gut, stomach, paunch, pot belly, beer belly, halfway, midway, in-between, mediate, central, mid, medium, medial, equidistant, mesial, intermediate, intermedial, intermediary, inner, inside
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “middle” as a noun can have the following definitions:
beer belly | A general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops. |
belly | A pig s belly as food especially as a traded commodity. The belly of a sail. |
center | Basketball the person who plays center on a basketball team. His stories made him the center of the party. |
centre | A point or part that is equally distant from all sides, ends, or surfaces of something. A conference centre. |
dead centre | A time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense. |
eye | A thing resembling an eye in appearance shape or relative position. My cat is blind in one eye. |
focus | Special emphasis attached to something. In focus. |
gut | Personal courage and determination; toughness of character. What s the matter with you misery guts. |
heart | The region of the chest above the heart. Hardening his heart he ignored her entreaties. |
hub | The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes. The kitchen was the hub of family life. |
mean | An average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n. |
median | The median value of a range of values. Acreages ranged from one to fifty two with a median of twenty four. |
midriff | (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration. Young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable. |
midsection | The middle part of something. |
midst | The middle part or point. He left his flat in the midst of a rainstorm. |
nucleus | A discrete mass of grey matter in the central nervous system. The nucleus of a British film producing industry. |
paunch | A large or protruding belly. His body was powerful and square with the beginnings of a paunch. |
pot belly | Metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid. |
stomach | The stomach viewed as the seat of hunger nausea anxiety or other unsettling feelings. Blake hit him in the stomach. |
waist | The circumference of a person s waist. A jacket with a high waist. |
waistline | An imaginary line around a car or other vehicle at the level of the bottom of the windows. The changing waistline in women s fashions. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “middle” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
center | Equally distant from the extremes. |
central | Serving as an essential component. Central London. |
equidistant | The same distance apart at every point. The line joins together all points which are equidistant from the two axes. |
halfway | At a point midway between two extremes. We ve reached the halfway point of the season. |
in-between | Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series. |
inner | Innermost or essential. Inner regions of the organization. |
inside | Situated on or in the inside. He reached into his inside jacket pocket. |
intermedial | Coming between two things in time, place, or character; intermediate. |
intermediary | Intermediate. An intermediary stage. |
intermediate | Around the middle of a scale of evaluation. Intermediate skiers. |
mean | Excellent. A mean hut. |
medial | Dividing an animal into right and left halves. A medial ligament. |
median | Denoting the middle term or mean of the middle two terms of a series arranged in order of magnitude For example the median number of the series 55 62 76 85 93 is 76. The median income for the year was 15 000. |
mediate | Connected indirectly through another person or thing involving an intermediate agency. The disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact. |
medium | Around the middle of a scale of evaluation. John is six feet tall of medium build. |
mesial | Being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body. |
mid | Of or in the middle part or position of a range. In mid 1958. |
midway | Situated in or towards the middle of something. A midway path is chosen between the diverging aspirations of the two factions. |
anodyne | A painkilling drug or medicine. The anodyne properties of certain drugs. |
arbitrate | Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences. The insurance ombudsman arbitrates insurance matters. |
arbitrator | An independent person or body officially appointed to settle a dispute. The facts of the case are put to an independent arbitrator. |
average | Achieve or reach on average. The average lad likes a good night out. |
between | In between. Layers of paper with tar in between. |
center | Center upon. His stories made him the center of the party. |
central | Of the greatest importance; principal or essential. Coaches met at a central location. |
halfway | At or to a point midway between two others. At the halfway mark. |
impartial | Showing lack of favoritism. The cold neutrality of an impartial judge. |
intercede | Intervene on behalf of another. I prayed that she would intercede for us. |
interim | An interim dividend profit etc. An interim dividend. |
intermediate | An intermediate thing. An intermediate stage of development. |
meantime | The time between one event, process, or period and another. In the meantime the police were notified. |
meddlesome | Fond of meddling; interfering. Heaven rid him of meddlesome politicians. |
median | Denoting the middle term or mean of the middle two terms of a series arranged in order of magnitude For example the median number of the series 55 62 76 85 93 is 76. The median income for the year was 15 000. |
mediate | Occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others. Structures which mediate gender divisions. |
mediation | Intervention in a dispute in order to resolve it; arbitration. The parties have sought mediation and it has failed. |
mediator | A negotiator who acts as a link between parties. The government appointed a mediator to assist in finding a resolution to the dispute. |
mediterranean | Of or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Sea. |
mid | Used in combination to denote the middle. Mid brown hair. |
middlebrow | A middlebrow person. Middlebrow fiction. |
midway | At half the distance; at the middle. The kids head straight for the midway. |
moderate | A person who holds moderate views especially in politics. Moderate demands. |
moderately | To a moderately sufficient extent or degree. The event was moderately successful. |
modest | Relatively moderate, limited, or small. Modest inflation. |
neuter | A neuter word. The conquering hero is a neuter. |
neutral | An electrically neutral point terminal conductor or wire. Walls are painted in neutral tones. |
pivot | A movement in which the player holding the ball may move in any direction with one foot while keeping the other the pivot foot in contact with the floor. The government s reaction pivoted on the response of the Prime Minister. |
pivotal | Fixed on or as if on a pivot. Japan s pivotal role in the world economy. |
proximal | Situated nearest to point of attachment or origin. The proximal end of a bone. |
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