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Middle

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 in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age.

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Similar meaning 8

Central 84% connected

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant o…

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Central 84% connected

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant o…

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Intermediate 84% connected

Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermedi…

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Intermediate 84% connected

Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermedi…

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Intervening 84% connected

of Intervene

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Intervening 84% connected

of Intervene

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Mid 84% connected

Denoting the middle part; as, in mid ocean.

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Mid 84% connected

Denoting the middle part; as, in mid ocean.

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Broader term 13

Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Country 76% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Region 76% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Narrower term 3

Deep 76% connected

Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured…

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Hub 76% connected

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

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Seat 76% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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Derivationally related 2

Eye 74% connected

A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

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Eye 74% connected

A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

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Containing whole 3

Body 70% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Torso 70% connected

The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.

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Trunk 70% connected

The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

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Attribute 2

Synonym 8

Center 92% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Centre 92% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Eye 92% connected

A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Halfway 92% connected

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

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Heart 92% connected

A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

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Mediate 92% connected

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

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Midriff 92% connected

See Diaphragm, n., 2.

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Midway 92% connected

The middle of the way or distance; a middle way or course.

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Antonym 8

Early 94% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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Early 94% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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End 94% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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End 94% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Late 94% connected

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

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Late 94% connected

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

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