Entry Word: middle

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes <you must mark the exact middle point of each of these lines in order to solve the problem>

Synonyms halfway, intermediary, intermediate, medial, median, medium, mid, middlemost, midmost, midway

Related Words equidistant; central, inmost, inner, innermost, nearest

Near Antonyms outer, peripheral

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

2 being about midway between extremes of amount or size <a house that is middle-sized for that neighborhood> <a man of middle height>

Synonyms average, intermediate, median, medium, moderate, modest

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

Near Antonyms excessive, extreme; rare, strange, uncommon, unusual; distinctive, idiosyncratic, special, unique; individual, peculiar, private