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. Chicago Teachers Union:

   What we have is a framework that all of our members must first review and assess, because it is our members who are being asked to return to school buildings in the midst of a global pandemic.

2. Galina Timchenko:

   It is difficult to spend editorial resources on things that are now a low priority in the midst of the economic crisis.

3. Roy Moore:

   We are in the midst of a spiritual battle with those who want to silence our message, the forces of evil will lie, cheat, steal – even inflict physical harm – if they believe it will silence and shut up Christian conservatives like you and me.

4. Jayadeva de Silva:

   Self-motivation without gratitude is impossible. Our energy is "sapped" when our entire focus is on what's wrong instead of what is right with our lives. One of our greatest challenges is to live and love in spite of pain and disappointment...to find gratitude in the midst of it all. -Jayadeva De Silva

5. Indira Gandhi:

   You must be still in the midst of activity, and be vibrantly alive in repose.