| 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: | 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: | noncommittal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwilling to decide |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, buttoned up, careful, cautious, circumspect, clammed up, constrained, discreet, equivocal, evasive, even-steven, guarded, hush-hush, incommunicable, indefinite, judicious, middle-ground, middle-of-the-road, neutral, on-the-fence, politic, reserved, restrained, tactful, temporizing, tentative, unrevealing, vague, wary, zipped |
Antonyms: |
committal, decisive, definite, judgemental, willing |
| Main Entry: | uncommitted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free; not involved |
Synonyms: |
cut loose, don't care, fence-sitting, floating, free-spirited, laid-back*, middle ground, middle of the road, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartisan, on the fence, restrained, unaffiliated, unattached, uninvolved, unpledged |
Antonyms: |
aligned, attached, committed, involved, united |
| Main Entry: | happy medium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | satisfying compromise |
Synonyms: |
gray area, middle ground, neutral ground |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | neutral ground |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meeting ground |
Synonyms: |
center, gray area, happy medium, interface, middle ground, neutral territory |