intermediate

1 being about midway between extremes of amount or size <with a compact being too small and a van too large, we settled on an intermediate-sized sedan> Synonyms average, middle, mean, median, medium, middling, midsize (also midsized), moderate, modestRelated Words reasonable; common, commonplace, conventional, normal, popular, regular, routine, standard, typical, usual; adequate, passable, tolerableNear Antonyms excessive, extreme; exceptional, rare, strange, uncommon, unusual; distinctive, idiosyncratic, special, unique; individual, peculiar, private

2 occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes <although the party activists tend to back candidates with somewhat extreme views, ordinary voters generally prefer the intermediate aspirant> Synonyms central, halfway, intermediary, middle, medial, median, mediate, medium, mid, midmostRelated Words equidistant; inmost, inner, innermost, nearest; betwixt and between, borderline, gray (also grey), in-betweenNear Antonyms outer, peripheralAntonyms extreme, farthest, farthermost, furthermost, furthest, outermost, outmost, remotest, utmost