midmost

adjective

ˈmid-ˌmōst How to pronounce midmost (audio)
Definition of midmostnext
as in halfway
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes the midmost subway car is usually the most crowded one in the train, so try to avoid it

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midmost
  1. halfway
  2. middle
  3. medial
Adjective
  • The 24-year-old, like Gordon, who replaced him in the second half, offered energetic pressing, even sprinting from close to the halfway line to close down the goalkeeper at one point.
    — Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The 26-year-old information technology administrator consumed a Red Bull energy drink around the film's halfway mark to stay alert.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 July 2026
Definition of halfway
Adjective
  • Most business problems live in a middle zone where part of the output can be checked automatically and the rest needs judgment.
    — Dhyey Mavani, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Edwin Díaz was coming in from the bullpen, not to the accompaniment of a live trumpeter preceding a save opportunity, but to a recording preceding a middle inning of an uninspiring defeat.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of middle
Adjective
  • For the Sk8-Hi, the upper’s medial side hosts both the full Dodgers script and the LA logo, the latter of which repeats at the top of the heel.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The operation is a grafting procedure in which doctors take tendons from another part of the body – the forearm, hamstring, hip or knee – and replace the medial ligament in the elbow with the grafted portion.
    — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of medial
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“Midmost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midmost. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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