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| Main Entry: | median |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | middle |
| Synonyms: | average, center, central, equidistant, halfway, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, mid, par, centermost, middlemost, midmost, midpoint, midway |
| 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, outside |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | normal, typical amount |
| Synonyms: | mean, median, medium, middle, norm, par, rule, standard, usual, midpoint |
| Antonyms: | abnormality, exception, extreme, unusual |
| Main Entry: | central |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | main, principal; in the middle |
| Synonyms: | basic, cardinal, center, chief, dominant, equidistant, essential, focal, foremost, fundamental, important, inmost, inner, interior, intermediate, key, leading, master, mean, median, mid, middle, outstanding, overriding, paramount, pivotal, predominant, primary, prime, radical, ruling, salient, significant, axial, centric, centroidal, middlemost, midmost, midway, nuclear, omphalic, umbilical |
| Antonyms: | exterior, minor, outside, peripheral, secondary |
| Main Entry: | halfway |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not complete; in the middle |
| Synonyms: | center, central, equidistant, imperfect, intermediate, medial, median, mid, moderate, part, partial, betwixt and between, centermost, middlemost, midway, part-way, smack dab, smack in the middle |
| Antonyms: | complete, total, whole |
| Main Entry: | intermediate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | middle, in-between |
| Synonyms: | average, between, center, central, common, fair, halfway, indifferent, intermediary, intervening, mean, medial, median, mediocre, medium, mid, middling, moderate, neutral, so-so*, standard, compromising, interposed, midway, transitional |
| Antonyms: | end, extreme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | average |
| Synonyms: | balance, center, compromise, happy medium, median, middle, norm, par, middle course, midpoint |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
| Main Entry: | medium |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | midway, average |
| Synonyms: | common, commonplace, fair, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediocre, middle, middling, moderate, neutral, normal, ordinary, par, passable, popular, run-of-the-mill*, so-so*, standard, tolerable, fairish |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | middle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | central |
| Synonyms: | average, between, center, equidistant, halfway, inner, inside, intermediate, intervening, mainstream, mean, medial, median, medium, middle of the road*, betwixt and between, centermost, mezzo, middlemost, midmost, smack in the middle, straddling the fence |
| Antonyms: | border, extreme, outer, outside |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | norm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | average, standard |
| Synonyms: | barometer, benchmark*, criterion, gauge, mean, measure, median, medium, model, par, pattern, rule, scale, touchstone*, type, yardstick |
| Antonyms: | end, exception, extreme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | par |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | average, equilibrium |
| Synonyms: | balance, criterion, equality, equivalence, level, mean, median, model, norm, parity, sameness, standard, usual, adequation, coequality, equal footing, equatability, equivalency |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
| Main Entry: | median strip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center strip |
| Synonyms: | boulevard, island, median, meridian, neutral ground, boulevard strip, divider, jersey barrier, medial strip |
| Main Entry: | normal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, usual |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, acknowledged, average, commonplace, conventional, customary, general, habitual, mean, median, methodical, natural, orderly, ordinary, popular, prevalent, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill*, standard, traditional, typical, unexceptional, typic |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, irregular, odd, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | standard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guideline, principle |
| Synonyms: | archetype, average, axiom, barometer, beau ideal, belief, benchmark, canon, code, criterion, ethics, example, exemplar, fundamental, gauge, grade, guide, ideal, ideals, law, mean, measure, median, mirror, model, morals, norm, par, paradigm, pattern, requirement, rule, rule of thumb*, sample, specification, test, touchstone, type, yardstick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | numerical mean |
| Synonyms: | intermediate, median, medium, middle |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average |
| Synonyms: | common, conventional, halfway, intermediate, medial, median, mediocre, medium, middle, middling, normal, popular, standard, traditional |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
erect, lateral, outside, abaxial, abutting, adaxial, adjacent, adjoining, advance, akimbo, aknee, ambient, anterior, antipodal, apical, apposed, arrayed, at hand, axial, back, bordering, cater, central, centric, chirognostic, circumambient, circumferential, circumjacent, close, coaxial, coextensive, coincident, colinear, collateral, collinear, concentric, confocal, consecutive, conterminous, contiguous, convenient, convergent, converse, coplanar, coterminous, covering, crisscross, crossed, deasil, decussate, deep, detached, discontinuous, discrete, distal, distant, distinct, dorsal, dorsolateral, encircling, enclosed, enclosing, encompassing, enveloping, equidistant, equitant, even, exterior, external, face, far, farther, farthest, first, flanking, flush, fore, forward, fringe, fronting, gardant, grufeling, guardant, halfway, hanging, hindmost, hithermost, immediate, indoors, infradig, inner, innermost, insessorial, interior, intermediate, interposed, intersecting, interspersed, intervening, inverted, kitty, leeward, levitated, local, long, lower, malposed, medial, median, mid, middle, midway, nearby, next, obverse, one, outdoors, outer, outmost, overlying, padmasana, parallel, pendent, peripheral, perpendicular, plumb, point, port, posterior, prone, prostrate, proximal, proximate, quincunx, rear, reclining, rectilinear, recumbent, remote, retral, ringside, rolled, separate, sinistral, situate, situated, square, starboard, stationary, stoss, suburban, suburbicarian, successive, superior, superjacent, supine, surrounding, suspended, topical, topographical, transverse, ulterior, ultimate, uppermost, ventral, windward, zonal
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