MIDDLES Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

middles

noun

plural of middle

as in means

a middle point between extremes his salary is exactly at the middle of the company's pay scale

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as in centers

an area or point that is an equal distance from all points along an edge or outer surface put the serving dish in the middle of the table

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as in waists

the middle region of the human torso clutched the football tightly against her middle

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as in midsts

the most intense or characteristic phase of something I'm right in the middle of a tax audit, so can you come back later?

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Recent Examples of middles The Kritzers are both middles, but the Redhawks didn’t have a true right-side hitter going into the season. — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Juxtapositions of seemingly unlike topics (plants and gender, feral dogs and nuclear weapons) give way to Venn diagrams, with Johnson dwelling in their overlapping middles. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 House flies are about 1/4 inch long with four dark stripes down their middles. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 27 June 2026 Point Loma’s middles dominated, with 6-foot-5 Trevor Rutt and 6-4 Waylon Lundeen taking advantage of the undersized Cardinals. — Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026 The Warriors and Lancers finished as co-champions last season, so middles Jocund Binder and Alman Hassan will look to be part of the winning recipe for an outright title in 2026. — Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026 Both stories have been condensed to their main scenes and songs but still contain full stories with beginnings, middles and ends. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026 Then, a quick stint under the broiler crisps the edges, creating that irresistible combo of golden, crunchy exteriors and tender, middles. — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026 The middles seem strong Peter Skoronski, Lloyd Cushenberry III and Kevin Zeitler make up a solid trio in the middle of the offense. — Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 18 Aug. 2025

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Noun

For Lev, assessing what participants take home means asking about their behavior.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
On social media, viewers immediately marveled at Rosalía’s ability to deliver her usual powerful vocals during the first song while striking the pose — and some wondered if she was somehow being propped up through unseen means.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of means

Noun

The story centers on two ex-lovers who come back into each other’s lives after spending decades apart, only to find old feelings stirring with messy and mixed results.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
As of last year, the US had roughly 10 times more AI data centers than China, according to Stanford University research – and vastly more computing power, other estimates show.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of centers

Noun

Built in 1926, near the end of what many consider the heyday of the American carousel, the Griffith Park merry-go-round began its life in San Diego and was relocated to Los Angeles in the depths of the Great Depression in 1937.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
One of Vicuña’s new paintings is Polvo del Sahara/ Saharan Desert Dust (2026), an underwater scene showing the light reflecting into the depths of the ocean, where a stone staircase leads to somewhere beyond the horizon.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of depths

Noun

Thus, although Sanjak the spy might have been portrayed as an evil agent, many readers cheered this original, unapologetic character who took control of her destiny and challenged traditional gender norms.

— Gaby Iori October 7, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
Prospective talent wants transparency into daily workflows, team documentation and operating norms, not polished corporate marketing.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of norms

Noun

Michael Stambaugh looks through a clinometer, an eyepiece that uses triangulation to measure tree heights, vertical angles, and slope steepness.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Fit for a king Mai’s arrival in England coincided with a fad for Pacific cultures that had risen to new heights in 1773, when a blockbuster compilation of accounts of Pacific expeditions, which included Cook’s first voyage, was published.

— Saar Shahar, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

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