Synonyms for midst
mɪdstmidst

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1. midstpreposition

   Synonyms:
   amidst, amid

2. midstpreposition

   among, in the middle of

   Synonyms:
   amidst, amid

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1. midst

   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, middle

   Antonyms:
   bound, boundary, circumference, perimeter, rim

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1. midst

   Synonyms:
   middle, centre, thick, throng, heart

   Antonyms:
   outskirt, confine, edge, limit, extreme, purlieu, margin

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:2.3 / 3 votes

1. midst, thicknoun

   the location of something surrounded by other things

   "in the midst of the crowd"

   Synonyms:
   thick

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1. • Inside

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1. midstnoun

   Synonyms:
   middle, centre, central part

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1. List of paraphrases for "midst":

   middle, environment, heart, medium, full, means

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1. Preet Bharara:

   More than two decades after the end of the Cold War, Russian spies still seek to operate in our midst under the cover of secrecy.

2. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Happiness is not in perfection but it is a perception in the midst of imperfection.

3. Sagir Badaru:

   The car threw another explosive in the midst of grocers outside the main bus station some hundreds of meters away, killing 12 people and wounding many.

4. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick:

   The election came after economic stimulus checks and after Covid arrived, and people realized that check, which went toward housing, food, electricity, bare necessities, that it actually gave them a break, more people are believing in that safety net while we're in the midst of economic instability.

5. Ken Spain:

   We’re in the midst of an evolution within the Republican Party and the ascendant wing of the party is demanding a greater say in the way the House majority will govern.