middle

/mˈɪdəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
   “adolescence is an awkward in-between age”
2. equally distant from the extremes
3. of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
   “Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500”
4. between an earlier and a later period of time
   “in the middle years”

noun

1. an area that is approximately central within some larger region
   “it is in the center of town”
2. an intermediate part or section- Aristotle
   “A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end”
3. the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
   “young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable”
4. time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period
   “the middle of the war”

verb

1. put in the middle

Synonyms for middle

• in-between
• mediate
• intermediate
• center
• halfway
• midway
• central
• intervening
• mid
• centre
• heart
• eye
• midriff
• midsection

Antonyms of middle

• late
• early
• end
• beginning

Words that rhyme with middle

• fiddle
• riddle
• piddle
• twiddle
• diddle
• biddle
• criddle
• friddle
• kiddle
• liddell
• liddle
• riddell
• rydell
• schmidl
• siddall
• siddell
• siddle
• spidel
• spidell
• widdle
• widell