halfway

halfway

adjective

Definition of HALFWAY

1

lacking some necessary part <when halfway measures, such as posting signs, failed to keep people off the property, a fence was erected>

Synonyms deficient, fragmental, fragmentary, half, halfway, partial

Related Words broken, damaged, flawed, impaired, imperfect, injured, marred, spoiled; sketchy, unassembled, uncompleted, unfinished

Near Antonyms flawless, unbroken, undamaged, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred; completed, finished

Antonyms complete, entire, full, intact, integral, perfect, whole

2

occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes <by the time she had reached the halfway point, she was ready to quit the marathon>

Synonyms central, halfway, intermediary, intermediate, medial, median, mediate, medium, mid, midmost

Related Words equidistant; inmost, inner, innermost, nearest; betwixt and between, borderline, gray (also grey), in-between

Near Antonyms outer, peripheral

Antonyms extreme, farthest, farthermost, furthermost, furthest, outermost, outmost, remotest, utmost