Synonyms for Middle
ˈmɪd lmid·dle

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1. middlenoun

   Synonyms:
   centre, midst, midpoint, center

2. 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.

   Synonyms:
   midst, midpoint, center, centre

3. middlenoun

   Central to.

   Synonyms:
   midpoint, center, midst, centre

4. middlenoun

   the middle stump

   Synonyms:
   center, midpoint, midst, centre

5. middlenoun

   The central part of a human body.

   Synonyms:
   centre, midst, midpoint, center

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1. 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.

   Synonyms:
   center, midst

   Antonyms:
   bound, boundary, circumference, perimeter, rim

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1. 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, eye, middle

   Antonyms:
   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, terminal

2. middlenoun

   an intermediate part or section

   "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle

   Synonyms:
   eye, midriff, heart, center, midsection, centre

   Antonyms:
   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, Old

3. middle, midriff, midsectionnoun

   the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)

   "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"

   Synonyms:
   center, middle, heart, midsection, diaphragm, midriff, centre, eye

   Antonyms:
   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, proterozoic

4. middleadjective

   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, centre

   Antonyms:
   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, earliest

5. in-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), middle, 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, earliest

6. center(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, primaeval

7. middleadjective

   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)

8. 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, archean

9. middleverb

   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

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1. • Area
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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. middleadjective

   Synonyms:
   mean, medial, half way, between the extremes

2. middlenoun

   Synonyms:
   midst, centre, central part

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1. middleadjective

   Synonyms:
   mean, medial, intermediate, intervening

2. middlenoun

   Synonyms:
   center, midst

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1. 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

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1. Luca Cari:

   The rescue is complicated because this happened in the middle of the countryside.

2. John Fisher:

   It's hard to be unique, i think Kohl's is caught right now by death in the middle.

3. Nikwax McLean:

   I always say to wash your gear based on how often you’re using it, if you’re camping every weekend in the summer, I would recommend washing your sleeping bag at least once in the middle of the season and then definitely at the end of the season before you store it for the winter.

4. President Obama:

   You think the Middle East is chaotic now? Imagine what it looks like for our grandchildren. That's how Americans should view the deal.

5. Natalie Elphike:

   This was an entirely foreseeable tragedy that sooner or later one of these boats would capsize and people would die, people are safe in France, and the best way to keep people safe is to keep them on shore, not in the hands of people smugglers in the middle of the Channel.