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Intermediate

Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors.

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Antepenultimate 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two.

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Antepenultimate 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two.

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Gray 84% connected

White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray ey…

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Gray 84% connected

White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray ey…

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Grey 84% connected

See Gray (the correct orthography).

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Grey 84% connected

See Gray (the correct orthography).

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Halfway 84% connected

In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.

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Halfway 84% connected

In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.

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Junior 84% connected

Less advanced in age than another; younger.

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Junior 84% connected

Less advanced in age than another; younger.

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Mediate 84% connected

Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.

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Mediate 84% connected

Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Middle 84% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Middle 84% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Moderate 84% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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Moderate 84% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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Penultimate 84% connected

Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.

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Penultimate 84% connected

Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.

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Sophomore 84% connected

One belonging to the second of the four classes in an American college, or one next above a freshman.

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Sophomore 84% connected

One belonging to the second of the four classes in an American college, or one next above a freshman.

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Chemical 76% connected

Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical ch…

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Negotiate 76% connected

To transact business; to carry on trade.

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Intermediary 74% connected

Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project.

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Intermediary 74% connected

Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project.

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Mediation 74% connected

The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention.

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Mediation 74% connected

The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention.

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Synonym 5

Arbitrate 92% connected

To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.

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Average 92% connected

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Intercede 92% connected

To pass between; to intervene.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mediate 92% connected

Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Medium 92% connected

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

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Antonym 2

Endmost 94% connected

Farthest; remotest; at the very end.

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Endmost 94% connected

Farthest; remotest; at the very end.

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