middle

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Central location

Nouns

1. middle, midst, mean, medium, middle term, midpoint; center, core, hub, kernel; umbilicus; halfway house; nave, navel, nucleus; heart, axis, bull's-eye; marrow, pith; equidistance, bisection, half distance, equator, dead center; center, inner, or core city; midriff; interjacence (see between).

2. centrality, centralness, focalization; concentration, focus (see convergence); cynosure; magnetism; center of attraction; combination, merging.

Verbs — center (on), focus, concentrate; meet, unite, converge.

Adjectives — middle, medial, median, mean, mid; midmost, intermediate, equidistant, central, focal, axial, equatorial, concentric, convergent.

Adverbs — in the middle, midway, halfway, midships; in medias res, in the thick of it, smack dab in the middle.

Antonyms, see exterior, end.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. between, mean, midway, medial, average, mezzo, equidistant; see also central 1 , halfway , intermediate .

n.

Syn. center, midpoint, midst, nucleus, core, heart, mean, median, midriff, waist, midsection, halfway point, thick, thick of things; see also center 1 .

Syn.- middle refers to the point or part equally distant from either or all sides or extremities and may apply to space, time, or a sequence [ the middle of the stage, the middle of the day ] ; center more precisely stresses the point equidistant from the bounding lines or surfaces of a plane or solid figure [ the center of a circle, the center of the globe ] and is often used figuratively [ the center of town, a trade center] ; midst , used in prepositional phrases, denotes a middle part that is surrounded by persons or things or a middle point in some action [ in the midst of a crowd, in the midst of one's work ]

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

center, midpoint, halfway point, midsection, mean, epicenter, bull's-eye, thick of things, core, focal point.

ANT.: periphery, margin, extreme

II

a.

central, median, center, mean, halfway, intermediate, between, inside, equidistant.

ANT.: outer, peripheral

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. At, in, near, or being the center: center, central, medial, median, mid. See EDGE. 2. Not extreme: central, intermediate, mean3, medial, median, mid, middle-of-the-road, midway. See EDGE. II noun A point or an area equidistant from all sides of something: center, median, midpoint, midst. See EDGE.