Antonyms for midst
mɪdstmidst

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1. midstpreposition

   Synonyms:
   amidst, amid

2. midstpreposition

   among, in the middle of

   Synonyms:
   amidst, amid

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

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.

   Antonyms:
   bound, boundary, circumference, perimeter, rim

   Synonyms:
   center, middle

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1. midst

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

   Synonyms:
   middle, centre, thick, throng, heart

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Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:2.3 / 3 votes

1. midst, thicknoun

   the location of something surrounded by other things

   "in the midst of the crowd"

   Synonyms:
   thick

How to use midst in a sentence?

1. Good Sam:

   I'd let down my guard, let him suck me into the Good Sam story, never fully realizing he might be manipulating me for his own benefit. Jack had that effect on me. Being with Jack was like standing in the midst of a brilliant sunbeam, at once dazzled by its radiance even as you knew it was burning you.”

2. Abdul Mohsen:

   You and everyone can imagine what the situation is like in times of war, deir Ezzor is in the midst of all this. It is impossible to live in, and those who have stayed really have absolutely nowhere to go, no shelter, no home, nothing. Luckily, we managed to leave and hopefully secure for our children a safer life.

3. Ian Ling-Stuckey:

   At that time, we were in the midst of the APEC extravaganza with our new APEC Haus, red carpet, fancy new roads all focused in Port Moresby, and Maseratis, now, we have a new prime minister that travels economy class.

4. Photographer Danila Tkachenko:

   School, work, family -- once in this cycle, you are a prisoner of your own position and have to do what you're supposed to, you should be pragmatic and strong, or become an outcast or a lunatic. How (do you) remain yourself in the midst of this?

5. Andreas Krueger:

   The worst that would happen is we get another competitor in our midst, but I'm not concerned, we've been in the business since 1815.

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