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| 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: | medium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | means, mode |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, avenue, channel, clairvoyant, factor, form, instrument, instrumentality, intermediate, measure, mechanism, ministry, organ, psychic, seer, tool, vehicle, way |
| Main Entry: | medium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | atmosphere, setting |
| Synonyms: | ambience, climate, conditions, element, habitat, milieu, surroundings, ambient, influences |
| Main Entry: | medium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of artistic expression |
| Synonyms: | art, drama, interpretation, manifestation, mark, music, painting, revelation, sculpture, speech, writing |
| Main Entry: | ambience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
| Synonyms: | atmosphere, climate, medium, surroundings, ambient |
| 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: | clairvoyant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is psychic |
| Synonyms: | augur, fortune-teller, medium, oracle, prophet, seer, soothsayer, visionary, channeller, diviner, haruspex, horoscopist, palm reader, sibyl, telepath, telepathist, voodoo doctor |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, entourage, habitat, hood*, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo, ambiance, encompassment, purlieus, stomping ground |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | envoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deputy |
| Synonyms: | agent, ambassador, attaché, bearer, carrier, chargé d'affaires, consul, courier, delegate, diplomat, emissary, intermediary, internuncio, legate, medium, messenger, minister, nuncio, plenipotentiary, representative, vicar |
| Main Entry: | expedient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resource |
| Synonyms: | contrivance, device, instrument, instrumentality, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, medium, method, recourse, refuge, resort, scheme, shift, stopgap, stratagem, substitute, gency |
| Main Entry: | forte |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's strong point |
| Synonyms: | ability, aptitude, competence, effectiveness, efficiency, faculty, gift*, long suit*, métier, medium, strength, strong suit*, talent, thing*, ableness, eminency, oyster*, speciality |
| Antonyms: | weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fortune-teller |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person attempting to tell the future |
| Synonyms: | augur, clairvoyant, medium, mind reader, oracle, prophet, psychic, seer, soothsayer, crystal ball gazer, diviner, palm reader, palmist, predicter, spiritualist, tarot reader, tea-leaf reader |
| Main Entry: | go-between |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person acting as an agent |
| Synonyms: | arbitrator, attorney, broker, dealer, delegate, deputy, emissary, entrepreneur, envoy, factor, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, liaison, mediator, medium, messenger, negotiator, proxy, referee, representative, interagent, interceder, intermediator, marriage broker, matchmaker |
| Main Entry: | intermediary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who negotiates |
| Synonyms: | agent, broker, channel, connection, delegate, emissary, entrepreneur, go-between*, influence, instrument, intercessor, intermediate, mediator, medium, middle person, negotiator, organ, vehicle, cutout, fixer, interagent, interceder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | machinery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devices performing work |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, apparatus, appliance, channel, contraption, contrivance, engine, equipment, gadget, gear, implement, instrument, materiel, means, mechanism, medium, method, motor, organ, outfit, paraphernalia, structure, system, tackle, tool, utensil, vehicle, works, accouterment, habiliments, shifts |
| Main Entry: | magician |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who performs supernatural |
| Synonyms: | conjurer, enchanter, enchantress, fortune-teller, genie, genius, marvel, medium, prophet, seer, shaman, siren, soothsayer, sorcerer, trickster, virtuoso, voodoo, warlock, witch, witch doctor, wizard, charmer, diabolist, diviner, exorciser, exorcist, feats or tricks archimage, illusionist, medicine person, miracle worker, necromancer, satanist, spellbinder, thaumaturge, theurgist |
| Main Entry: | mediator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who negotiates agreement |
| Synonyms: | advocate, arbiter, arbitrator, broker, go-between*, intermediary, judge, medium, middle person, moderator, negotiator, peacemaker, referee, troubleshooter*, umpire, conciliator, fixer, interagent, interceder, intermediator, ref, rent-a-judge |
| Antonyms: | fighter, arguer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mediocre |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average, commonplace |
| Synonyms: | colorless, common, conventional, decent, dull, fair, fair to middling, humdrum*, indifferent, inferior, insignificant, intermediate, mainstream, mean, medium, middling, moderate, ordinary, passable, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill*, second-rate, so-so*, standard, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, uninspired, vanilla*, characterless, fairish, no great shakes, of poor quality |
| Antonyms: | exceptional, extraordinary, inferior, superior, unusual |
* = 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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