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

   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, 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), 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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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. Lars Spangberg:

   Unfortunately, India is too close to the Middle East for this to make a big impression on the tanker market.

2. Piero Ignazi:

   Talking to industrialists and the middle class has not brought Renzi the votes he had hoped for, he has made strategic errors, but he is also the best Italian politician of the last 30 years and is perfectly capable of changing his spots overnight.

3. George Steinbrenner:

   I ’m not afraid to make changes as we saw with the manager a few years ago, but the changes have to be made for more than just the sake of making changes. I know I'm stating the obvious, But again, I ’m going to be looking at everybody’s performance at the end of the year throughout the organization, baseball ops or not, and that’s what I do every year, and it’s not something I tend to do in the middle of the year. Do I like consistency, do I( like) having the same people around, that I am used to, that I communicate well with, that we can kind of understand each other ? Yes. But not if we're having serious problems with that person’s performance or in the way that players or in other departments, other employees look — respect or don't respect that person.

4. Gavin Newsom:

   We are in the middle of a deadly barrage of winter storms – and California is using every resource at its disposal to protect lives and limit damage, we are taking the threat from these storms seriously, and want to make sure that Sara Nevis/AP Twelve Californians stay vigilant as more storms head our way.

5. Akeem Diaz:

   I get we’re in the middle of a pandemic, and I get that people are going through financial crises you know with the wealth gap continuing to widen. But she wasn’t in there stealing necessities. She was trying to steal to get cute.