Synonyms for middle
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. In-between
Other
mid, intermediate, midway, intervening, average, medial, mean, medium, median
Noun
2. Midsection
Definitions
- adj. 1
Located in the middle; in between.
middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages
- n. 1
A centre, midpoint.
The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle.
- n. 2
The part between the beginning and the end.
I woke up in the middle of the night.
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Forms
- Plural
- middles → centers, hearts, eyes, midsections…
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- mid These tire tracks were made by a mid-size vehicle.
- intermediate Gray is a color intermediate between black and white.
- midway The church is midway between your house and mine.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| middle | steady | |
| mid | rising | |
| intermediate | falling | |
| midway | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- eye1, mid1
- 4 letters
- mean1
- 5 letters
- heart1, midst1
- 6 letters
- center2, centre2, medium3, median3, midway2, medial3
- 7 letters
- average3, central2, mediate3, midriff
- 10 letters
- midsection3
- 11 letters
- intervening4
- 12 letters
- intermediate5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (center2 = 2 syllables).