| 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: | middle of the road |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moderate position |
Synonyms: |
center, centrism, middle course, middle ground, middle way, midway, via media |
| 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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