| Main Entry: | happy medium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | satisfying compromise |
Synonyms: |
gray area, middle ground, neutral ground |
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, give-and-take |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, accord, adjustment, arrangement, bargain, compact, composition, concession, contract, copout, covenant, deal, fifty-fifty, half and half, half measure, happy medium, mean, middle course, middle ground, pact, sellout, settlement, trade-off, understanding, win-win situation |
Antonyms: |
contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, dispute, dissension, dissent, quarrel |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | average |
Synonyms: |
balance, center, compromise, happy medium, median, middle, middle course, midpoint, norm, par |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
Antonyms: |
extreme |
| Main Entry: | settlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision, conclusion |
Synonyms: |
adjustment, agreement, arrangement, clearance, compact, compensation, completion, conclusion, confirmation, contract, covenant, deal, defrayal, determination, discharge, disposition, establishment, happy medium, liquidation, pay, payment, payoff, quietus, reimbursement, remuneration, resolution, satisfaction, showdown, termination, trade-off, working out |
Antonyms: |
confusion, indecision |
| Main Entry: | temperance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-restraint; abstinence |
Synonyms: |
abnegation, abstemiousness, asceticism, astringency, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, eschewal, forbearance, forgoing, frugality, golden mean, happy medium, measure, moderateness, moderation, moderatism, mortification, prohibition, prudence, reasonableness, refrainment, restraint, sacrifice, self-control, self-denial, self-deprivation, self-discipline, soberness, sobriety, stoicism, teetotalism, uninebriation, unintoxication |
Antonyms: |
excess, intemperance, wildness |
| Main Entry: | middle ground |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | neutral ground |
Synonyms: |
center, centrism, golden mean, happy medium, interface, meeting ground, middle of the road, neutral territory, straddling the fence |
| Main Entry: | neutral ground |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meeting ground |
Synonyms: |
center, gray area, happy medium, interface, middle ground, neutral territory |
| Main Entry: | soberness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temperance |
Synonyms: |
abnegation, abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism, astringency, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, dryness, eschewal, forbearance, forgoing, frugality, golden mean, happy medium, measure, moderateness, moderation, moderatism, mortification, prohibition, prudence, reasonableness, refrainment, restraint, sacrifice, self-control, self-denial, self-deprivation, self-discipline, sobriety, stoicism, teetotalism, uninebriation, unintoxication |
| Main Entry: | teetotalism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temperance |
Synonyms: |
abnegation, abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism, astringency, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, dryness, eschewal, forbearance, forgoing, frugality, golden mean, happy medium, measure, moderateness, moderation, moderatism, mortification, prohibition, prudence, reasonableness, refrainment, restraint, sacrifice, self-control, self-denial, self-deprivation, self-discipline, soberness, sobriety, stoicism, uninebriation, unintoxication |
| Concept: | Mean. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
mean, medium, intermedium, average, balance, mediocrity, generality; median, mode; golden mean (mid-course) [more]; middle; compromise; middle course, middle state; neutrality.
-verbs
split the difference; take the average; reduce to a mean; strike a balance, pair off.
-adjectives
mean, intermediate; middle; average; neutral; mediocre, middle-class; commonplace (unimportant).
-adverbs
on an average, in the long run; taking one with another, taking all things together, taking it for all in all; communibus annis, in round numbers.
-phrases
medium tenuere beati.
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