median

median

adjective

Definition of MEDIAN

1

being about midway between extremes of amount or size <the median price of a home in the area>

Synonyms average, intermediate, mean, median, medium, middling, midsize (also midsized), moderate, modest

Related Words reasonable; common, commonplace, conventional, normal, popular, regular, routine, standard, typical, usual; adequate, passable, tolerable

Near 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 <determine the median point between your two speakers, and test your stereo system from there>

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