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Synonyms for median

  • adjective
  • noun

Most common

medial mesial

All synonyms

Adjective

average, normal, middle, medial, mesial, central

Noun

1. Central reservation — the area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic

central reservation UK IE, reservation

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Situated in a middle, central, or intermediate part, section, or range of (something).

  2. n. 1

    The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic.

Related words

Word family
medial mediate mediation mediator mediocre mediocrity medium
Phrases
median strip median egret median lethal time median survival time
Is a kind of
average quantile

Forms

Plural
medians → reservations…

Example sentences

  • medial The doctor examined the medial side of her knee.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
medianfalling
medialrising
mesialfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
middle2, normal2, medial3, mesial
7 letters
average3, central2
11 letters
reservation4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (middle2 = 2 syllables).