middle

Speech parts

1. middle - Noun

2. middle - Adjective

3. middle - Verb

4. middle - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

Intermediate; intervening.

The point or part equally distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening point or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; central portion

the waist.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

center centre halfway midpoint central intermediate between average midway heart interior median midst intervening mediate
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Antonyms

early end late beginning aboriginal ultra
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Hypernyms

area country place point set position

Hyponyms

center stage midstream deep seat hub central city

Phrases with the word

in the middle of nowhere find a middle ground in the middle of the night middle-aged middle-of-the-road middle-ground

Examples

You will go most safely in the middle. Ovid

A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end ... but not necessarily in that order. Jean-Luc Godard

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you. Ogden Nash

Between the beginning and the end there is always a middle. Brazilian Proverb

Oil is best at the beginning, honey at the end, and wine in the middle. Dutch Proverb

Do not change horses in the middle of the river. Native American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

middies midding middish middle adulthood middle aged men middle aged people