Synonyms for amid
əˈmɪdamid

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1. amidpreposition

   Synonyms:
   amongst, among

2. amidpreposition

   Surrounded by; in the middle of; in the center of.

   Synonyms:
   amongst, among

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1. amid

   Amid or amidst denotes surrounded by; among or amongst denotes mingled with. Between (archaic or poetic, betwixt) is said of two persons or objects, or of two groups of persons or objects. "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen," Gen. xiii, 9; the reference being to two bodies of herdmen. Amid denotes mere position; among, some active relation, as of companionship, hostility, etc. Lowell's "Among my Books" regards the books as companions; amid my books would suggest packing, storing, or some other incidental circumstance. We say among friends, or among enemies, amidst the woods, amid the shadows. In the midst of may have merely the local meaning; as, I found myself in the midst of a crowd; or it may express even closer association than among; as, "I found myself in the midst of friends" suggests their pressing up on every side, oneself the central object; so, "where two or three are met together in my name, there am I in the midst of them," Matt. xviii, 20; in which case it would be feebler to say "among them," impossible to say "amid them," not so well to say "amidst them."

   Synonyms:
   amidst, among, amongst, between, betwixt, in the midst of, mingled with, surrounded by

   Antonyms:
   afar from, away from, beyond, far from, outside, without

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1. amidadjective

   Synonyms:
   AMONG, amongst, in the midst of, in the middle of, surrounded by

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1. List of paraphrases for "amid":

   central, amidst, downtown, center, middle, under

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1. Masafumi Yamamoto:

   It can be said that the sales tax delay had gained the support of the international community as it was meant to help the economy amid a slowdown, and the downgrade is unlikely to change such views, as for Japanese government bonds (JGBs), which are more directly impacted by downgrades, any effect is likely to be temporary thanks to the Bank of Japan's quantitative easing. Past downgrades have also had little impact on JGBs.

2. Alvin Cheung:

   It's clear Beijing is involved because the saga makes officials look very ugly amid the push on SOE reform, beijing is highly concerned, but will not intervene publicly.

3. Tian Hao:

   Importers did not buy lots of Brazilian beans recently either, as they were waiting to buy U.S. soybeans, amid optimism of a final Sino-U.S. trade deal, what is more, there were no commercial benefits to bring in Brazilian soybeans as demand was flat due to African swine fever outbreaks.

4. Andre Bakhos:

   You would think that a 6 percent China move amid the recent currency adjustments would have netted a more negative result, when we approach downside sell-offs the market is bending but not breaking and when we get towards the upper end of the range there is not enough to push it through, so it's been a rubber band kind of mentality.

5. Kishore Singh:

   This kind of bludgeoning must stop. China has a strong army but Indians will unite against them if they continue such attacks, the Chinese are using their brute force amid a pandemic, the world must stand with India to punish them.