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Noun
▲
Having a centrist attitude or philosophy
centreUK
centerUS
midway
centrism
middle ground
middle course
middle way
via media
middle
happy medium
golden mean
mean
midpoint
consensus
meeting ground
neutral territory
center ground
straddling the fence
medium
interface
moderation
juste milieu
mid point
central point
concession
compromise
trade-off
balance
median
norm
standard
par
normal
usual
level
give and take
middle path
mid-range
mode
centrality
rule
intermediacy
midst
run
midsection
bull's-eye
bull's eye
middle point
halfway point
arithmetic mean
intermediary
centermost
midmost
equidistant
medial
intermediate
mid
middlemost
central
halfway
typical amount
general run
common run
more ❯
“It stopped dead in the middle of the road with a raucous screech of the brakes.”
Noun
▲
The point or position at an equal distance from the sides, edges, or ends of something
midpoint
centreUK
centerUS
core
middle
midst
average
axis
bull's-eye
centrality
centriole
centrum
cynosure
equidistance
essence
focus
gist
heart
hotbed
hub
inside
interior
intermediacy
intermediate
kernel
mainstream
marrow
median
mediocre
nave
navel
norm
nucleus
omphalos
pith
pivot
place
polestar
quick
root
seat
border line
focal point
radial point
centerpieceUS
meat
centrepieceUK
point
keynote
substance
bottom line
sum
quintessence
nitty-gritty
meat and potatoes
where it's at
net
cornerstone
nubbin
headquarters
bedrock
belly
soul
essential part
sum and substance
thrust
spirit
upshot
backbone
magnet
basic
grain
heart of the matter
linchpin
underpinning
keystone
essentials
purport
basics
body
fundamentals
main point
source
burden
gut
marketplace
house
bottom
contents
within
internals
most important point
concentration
brass tacks
crucial point
cluster
nerve centre
nitty gritty
lining
main idea
nuts and bolts
center of activityUS
pit
centre of activityUK
centre of attentionUK
inner space
breeding ground
inner parts
inner part
coal and ice
center of attentionUS
nugget
stronghold
bastion
kingpin
hinge
site
location
birthplace
decisive point
stuff
breast
objective
destination
goal
aim
purpose
short
long and short
situation
whereabouts
station
command
heartland
blood
dead
cradle
spotlight
gravamen
target
anchor
highlight
bullseye
ganglion
piece
bit
morsel
atom
pip
fruit
part
stress
post
spot
fulcrum
forefront
showpiece
emphasis
attraction
expanse
recess
insides
home
bones
heartstrings
control center
control room
HQ
H.Q.
command post
centre of operations
intrinsic nature
pits
underbelly
abyss
womb
stuffing
rallying point
hot spot
inner portion
inner recesses
inner side
inner surface
happy hunting ground
center of attractionUS
centre of attractionUK
pulp
intrinsicality
viscera
inner area
groundwork
mainstay
ground
footing
significance
mainspring
beginning
support
postulate
background
axiom
ABC
import
importance
basic principles
amount
fundamental
antecedent
backing
infrastructure
main ingredients
corpus
origin
consequence
dictum
bed
authority
action
substratum
theory
rudiment
explanation
foot
warp
substructure
law
starting point
fundamental point
main ingredient
fundamental principle
principal constituent
warp and woof
principal element
point of departure
chief ingredient
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having mediocre, common or inferior qualities
run-of-the-mill
ordinary
average
unexceptional
unremarkable
commonplace
standard
normal
routine
undistinguished
garden-variety
humdrum
middle-of-the-road
mundane
prosaic
characterless
colorlessUS
colourlessUK
conventional
forgettable
mediocre
middling
nondescript
so-so
unmemorable
boring
dull
indifferent
pedestrian
quotidian
uneventful
uninspired
uninspiring
uninteresting
bland
common
lacklusterUS
lacklustreUK
OK
tame
unimpressive
bog-standard
cut-and-dried
cut-and-dry
everyday
fair
medium
passable
run-of-mine
run-of-the-mine
second-class
second-rate
standard-issue
usual
vanilla
workaday
half-pie
ornery
basic
common or garden
customary
intermediate
mainstream
no-frills
nothing special
plain
plain vanilla
regular
no great shakes
a dime a dozen
not up to much
fair to middling
nothing to get excited about
nothing to write home about
dead
innocuous
watery
tasteless
bromidic
soulless
unvaried
unsavoryUS
dusty
unpalatable
unsavouryUK
unappetizing
anodyne
draggy
mild
passionless
grayUS
greyUK
namby-pamby
savorless
listless
half-hearted
dry as dust
samey
muted
unexceptionable
expressionless
as dry as dust
inane
unobjectionable
prosy
indistinctive
deadly
distasteful
dim
plodding
stiff
quiet
soporific
inedible
weariful
uneatable
pale
inadequate
uninviting
dullsville
lacking variety
ineffectual
dreich
harmless
matter-of-fact
noncommittal
faceless
apathetic
ineffective
languid
etiolated
beige
soft
subdued
drivellingUK
drivelingUS
unobtrusive
vacant
lusterless
wooden
empty
unostentatious
unadorned
fatiguing
watered-down
mechanical
irksome
unentertaining
unenjoyable
toneless
lacking variation
unrelieved
depressing
yawnsome
dull as ditchwater
savourless
puny
repetitious
lacking excitement
lacking interest
disagreeable
institutional
big yawn
off-putting
unpleasant
revolting
disgusting
unattractive
nauseating
sickening
unoffending
uniform
deadpan
unvarying
frail
halfhearted
restrained
peaceful
yucky
cold
gentle
uncreative
unseasoned
safe
unadventurous
derived
uninventive
monochrome
indecisive
sick-making
gross
discreet
enervated
washy
unfeeling
understated
unemotional
unnoticeable
soul-destroying
platitudinous
unspirited
threadbare
unromantic
subtle
sluggish
prolix
deadening
flat tire
low-key
elementary
unembellished
dismal
well-worn
clean
square
clinical
unflavoured
sombreUK
somberUS
lethargic
sour
bitter
tepid
spiceless
mindless
trying
frustrating
droning
static
least
Milquetoast
unimpressed
unmoved
heavy-handed
yawn
vague
achromatic
indeterminate
indistinguishable
undefined
abstract
indistinct
unfateful
noneventful
inconclusive
rancid
horrible
laborious
unartistic
impotent
powerless
vigourless
overlong
blank
crude
meagreUK
simplistic
meagerUS
hollow
wan
unsentimental
unvarnished
unpoetic
literal
factual
clear
mat
unexpressive
matte
unexcited
dulled
neglectable
negligible
dragging
enervating
interminable
mortal
exhausting
poky
snooze
inexpressive
emotionless
lacking vitality
passive
nebbish
fatuous
tenuous
slight
uninflected
phoned in
repetitive
endless
blind
spineless
effete
two-dimensional
plain-Jane
unextraordinary
off-the-shelf
foul-tasting
indigestible
raw
dispiriting
wintryUS
winteryUK
sorrowful
damp
oppressive
windy
downcast
sickly
weak-kneed
wet
limp-wristed
slothful
spent
hack
irresolute
long-drawn-out
deadly dull
banausic
lead balloon
loathsome
repugnant
hoary
unenthusiastic
diluted
monotone
shopworn
cliche
obligatory
musty
moth-eaten
hackney
cobwebby
timeworn
wimpish
nerveless
invertebrate
weakened
weakling
ignorable
truistic
cliché-ridden
foul
nasty
vile
stark
nameless
facile
noplace
dumb
hokey
cornfed
tripe
lukewarm
boiled down
without punch
noisome
wavering
cowardly
vacillating
regimented
yawn producing
unkind
coldhearted
anaestheticUK
insensitive
insensible
impassive
indolent
lazy
anestheticUS
innocent
folksy
inelaborate
pure and simple
normophilic
uncluttered
unornamented
austere
rustic
your basic
uncomplicated
unelaborate
undecorated
governmental
utilitarian
corporate
functional
rudimentary
ugly
peaceable
reserved
retiring
invisible
unshowy
circumspect
relaxed
downbeat
nonprovocative
innoxious
standard issue
played down
out of sight
in the background
soft-pedaled
tasteful
toned down
blending into the background
non-aggressive
non-violent
benign
white
non-combative
hurtless
light
conservative
pleasant
calm
friendly
sober
repressed
unflashy
low-keyed
toned-down
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not committed to a cause, activity, etc
uncommitted
floating
neutral
undecided
unaffiliated
free
impartial
independent
nonaligned
non-aligned
nonpartisan
non-partisan
undeclared
uninvolved
free-floating
unattached
uncertain
vacillating
apathetic
casual
fence-sitting
free-spirited
indifferent
laid-back
restrained
uninterested
not involved
cut loose
don't care
middle ground
on the fence
sitting on the fence
wavering
indecisive
torn
unsure
split
iffy
in two minds
in doubt
in a quandary
in a dilemma
blowing hot and cold
Adjective
▲
Middle
midway
middle
average
between
centreUK
centerUS
centermost
central
equidistant
halfway
inner
inside
intermediate
intervening
mainstream
mean
medial
median
medium
mezzo
mid
middlemost
middle-of-the-road
midmost
betwixt and between
straddling the fence
smack in the middle
mediate
intermediary
middling
second-rate
second-class
pedestrian
prosaic
inferior
acceptable
satisfactory
forgettable
lacklustreUK
lacklusterUS
okay
all right
not bad
amateur
amateurish
conventional
respectable
insignificant
humdrum
characterless
ornery
colourlessUK
serviceable
dull
uninspiring
O.K.
not very good
good
common or garden
small
colorlessUS
good enough
reasonable
typical
mundane
garden-variety
unmemorable
meh
plain
nondescript
banal
routine
quotidian
boring
uneventful
uninteresting
goodish
presentable
bland
cut-and-dry
cut-and-dried
standard-issue
fine
fairly good
pretty good
a dime a dozen
nothing out of the ordinary
scanty
skimpy
light
meagreUK
unimportant
immaterial
enough
allowable
poor
sparse
admissible
certain
mean value
of no consequence
sufficiently good
meagerUS
homespun
moderately good
considerable
unpretentious
stale
not too bad
simple
abundant
substantial
sizeable
noticeable
biggish
significant
goodly
comfortable
sizable
appreciable
marked
generous
tidy
worthwhile
homely
of poor quality
not much cop
fair enough
humble
hackneyed
stereotyped
suburban
corny
hacky
unexceptionable
dime-a-dozen
tame
unimpressive
minimal
predictable
plastic
dreary
monotonous
unnoteworthy
generic
drab
white-bread
garden
trite
competent
unobjectionable
commensurate
ample
garden variety
sufficing
able
plenty
cromulent
nothing special
no-frills
customary
regular
basic
up to scratch
nothing to get excited about
nothing to shout about
up to standard
outclassed
déclassé
bad
low-quality
imperfect
shabby
substandard
tawdry
junk
low-rent
wretched
worse
lemon
sorry
good-for-nothing
base
hack
lousy
poorer
low-grade
two-bit
sad
paltry
middle ground
golden mean
traditional
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Neutral or unbiased in nature
middle
neutral
balanced
unbiased
evenhanded
impartial
nonbiased
objective
unbigoted
unprejudiced
equitable
unaligned
uncolored
uninvolved
unslanted
even-handed
non-aligned
non-partisan
on the fence
on-the-fence
middle-of-the-road
non-discriminating
non-discriminatory
without favouritism
not taking sides
straddling the fence
fair
disinterested
detached
dispassionate
reasonable
honest
upright
honourableUK
honorableUS
on the level
good
right
unselfish
decent
virtuous
egalitarian
trustworthy
scrupulous
liberal
tolerant
fair and square
on the up and up
judicial
enlightened
righteous
ethical
proper
legitimate
moral
conscientious
principled
lawful
uncoloured
rational
justifiable
sincere
aboveboard
blameless
above board
unswayed
unprepossessed
moderate
open
fair-and-square
equable
progressive
strictly business
cool
cold
selfless
even
outside
aloof
clean
on the up-and-up
free from self-interest
without prejudice
without distinction
legal
legit
kosher
pukka
free-thinking
freethinking
uncorrupted
frank
civil
upstanding
right-minded
on up-and-up
pure
according to the rules
respectable
conscionable
incorruptible
noble
true
truthful
reliable
dependable
full of integrity
stand-up
broad
accepting
catholic
free
prejudice-free
receptive
permissive
non-judgemental
undogmatic
unprescriptive
acceptive
understanding
acceptant
easygoing
perceptive
swayable
approachable
persuadable
interested
observant
rightful
due
sensible
proportionate
fair-to-middling
even-steven
upfront
cricket
level
stable
square deal
fair shake
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values
conservative
traditional
conventional
hidebound
orthodox
old-fashioned
cautious
stable
die-hard
dyed-in-the-wool
middle-of-the-road
moderate
reactionary
timid
traditionalist
unchanging
archconservative
brassbound
button-down
buttoned-down
careful
guarded
mossbacked
old-line
old-school
paleoconservative
prudent
quiet
safe
sober
standpat
traditionalistic
ultraconservative
unadventurous
unenterprising
unprogressive
temperate
bourgeois
constant
controlled
fearful
firm
fogyish
fuddy-duddy
illiberal
inflexible
obstinate
redneck
right
steady
unchangeable
uncreative
undaring
unimaginative
hard hat
holding to
not extreme
old guard
old line
white bread
in a rut
right of center
stick in the mud
strait-laced
stuffy
diehard
square
straight
rigid
narrow-minded
stick-in-the-mud
uptight
proper
strict
ultra-conservative
staid
blimpish
formal
prim
prudish
priggish
puritanical
Victorian
stiff
uncompromising
starchy
intransigent
backward-looking
obscurantist
of the old school
narrow
prissy
parochial
boring
correct
fogeyish
long-established
Pooterish
alt-right
genteel
hard-line
immovable
Birchite
classic
niminy-piminy
classical
suburban
philistine
ordinary
common
intolerant
bigoted
retrogressive
regressive
counterrevolutionary
small-town
mainstream
old
past
customary
pompous
popular
time-honored
regular
family
straitlaced
punctilious
decorous
outdated
stilted
ceremonious
doctrinal
reserved
sedate
stodgy
dogmatic
prim and proper
smug
respectable
conforming
bien pensant
out-of-date
doctrinaire
extremist
convinced
unreconstructed
unhip
unrelaxed
hard-core
deep-dyed
old-maidish
moralistic
true-blue
universal
mimsy
governessy
schoolmistressy
schoolmarmish
shockable
staunch
steadfast
long-standing
indomitable
unyielding
wary
middle-class
overscrupulous
goody-goody
counter-revolutionary
entrenched
adamant
circumspect
tentative
cagey
mannered
austere
starched
nice
solemn
medievalUS
prehistoric
unreceptive
mediaevalUK
unreasonable
chary
hesitant
severe
Grundyish
Pecksniffian
socially acceptable
dated
provincial
property-owning
timorous
unexciting
stiff-necked
commonplace
right-leaning
uncool
restrained
stay-at-home
limited
materialistic
shopkeeping
propertied
rooted
right wing
shy
out of date
habitual
parish-pump
set
puritan
out of the ark
behind the times
historical
acceptable
accustomed
predictable
prejudiced
intractable
petty-minded
small-minded
former
ancestral
to the right
old school
communist
biased
irritable
antipathetic
indignant
jaundiced
fanatical
close-minded
nar
individualistic
irate
averse
contemptuous
hateful
dictatorial
fractious
disdainful
chauvinistic
received
impersonal
ancient
folk
prior
historic
approved
deadly
musty
familial
bygone
humourlessUK
fusty
earlier generation
recognizedUS
normal
old-fogeyish
lineal
official
authoritative
usual
bluenosed
foetidUK
self-important
hot
bloated
warm
fetidUS
arrogant
smoky
supercilious
humorlessUS
smelly
magisterial
important
puffy
set in your ways
straightlaced
prevailing
standard
authorizedUS
prevalent
canonical
oral
unwritten
unoriginal
familiar
acknowledged
unheretical
handed-down
routine
derivative
well established
well-established
kosher
as dry as dust
demure
religious
sanctioned
admitted
recognisedUK
pious
legitimate
rightful
sound
authorisedUK
from the past
old-world
old-style
of yore
outmoded
straight arrow
in line
by the numbers
nice-nelly
according to the book
Biedermeier
ceremonial
comme il faut
straight-laced
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Tending to avoid extreme political ideas
centrist
central
middle-of-the-road
moderate
mainstream
reasonable
safe
uncontroversial
non-extreme
non-radical
non-reactionary
dispassionate
impartial
equitable
nonpartisan
pacific
open to reason
Adjective
▲
Not highly intellectual or cultured
lowbrow
popular
lightweight
mass-market
tabloid
unsophisticated
philistine
pop
accessible
downmarket
easy-to-understand
inferior
rubbishy
shallow
simple
simplistic
trashy
uncultured
unpretentious
cheap
dumbed-down
insubstantial
intellectually undemanding
plebeian
undemanding
unscholarly
easy to understand
middle-of-the-road
lay
general
familiar
embraced
bland
non-technical
non-specialist
non-professional
readily understood
lay person's
superficial
current
modern
contemporary
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Undemanding and easily executed
light
undemanding
unexacting
easy
simple
untaxing
moderate
effortless
basic
straightforward
bearable
elementary
endurable
low impact
manageable
painless
tolerable
unchallenging
breezy
cushy
facile
minimal
not burdensome
stress-free
superficial
uncomplicated
comfortable
downhill
easygoing
inconsiderable
not hard
piece of cake
balmy
benign
bland
mellow
nonabrasive
soothing
tender
middle-of-the-road
smooth
fluid
cheap
snap
soft
ready
royal
hands-down
fluent
trouble-free
quick
unproblematic
a cinch
clear
as easy as ABC
a piece of cake
as easy as falling off a log
plain sailing
natural
flowing
untroublesome
graceful
easy-peasy
duck soup
a snap
a breeze
a pushover
easy as pie
a doddle
money for jam
a bludge
idiot-proof
money for old rope
easy-breezy
not difficult
no sweat
picnic
a snip
child's play
distinct
obvious
plain
rudimental
elegant
free-flowing
unbroken
uninterrupted
continuous
trivial
apparent
regular
rhythmic
pushover
a piece of piss
a piece of old tackle
no trouble
no problem
as easy as pie
sinuous
feline
fast
leisurely
spontaneous
instinctive
intuitive
a walk in the park
a cakewalk
a picnic
a gift
unforced
running
cursive
offhand
liquid
articulate
able to speak or write
undistorted
unmuddled
unmuffled
unclouded
unobscured
clean
uninvolved
attainable
mindless
perspicuous
weightless
palpable
unambiguous
unmistakable
workable
evident
unequivocal
user friendly
accessible
transparent
kids' stuff
cinch
user-friendly
slight
clear-cut
idiotproof
no muss no fuss
patent
bed of roses
open-and-shut
simple as ABC
wieldy
yielding
no bother
nothing to it
easily done
little
manifest
paltry
mere
routine
practical
a five-finger exercise
rudimentary
comprehensible
a doss
handy
easy to use
a snack
convenient
intelligible
casual
untroubled
useful
feasible
fundamental
essential
elemental
introductory
underlying
beginning
abecedarian
easily operated
easy to understand
nothing
meat-and-potatoes
initial
foolproof
basal
manipulable
ergonomic
adaptable
straight
short
without a hitch
carefree
direct
easeful
unsophisticated
efficient
necessary
basilar
lowest
lax
unburdensome
simplistic
relaxed
uninhibited
well-ordered
down-to-earth
unfussy
safe
easy-going
laid-back
unlabored
uneventful
easy going
smooth sailing
easy progress
straight sailing
easy ride
easily accomplished
well ordered
easily understood
easily grasped
easy as ABC
lazy
cool
cavalier
ordinary
precise
non-complex
specific
runaway
functional
usable
practicable
applicable
working
easily won
useable
applicative
serviceable
applied
actionable
ultrapractical
exploitable
breeze
primary
foundational
primitive
preliminary
original
ABCs
primo
prefatory
substratal
uncomplex
simplest
simplified
simplex
meat and potatoes
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Suitable or moderately good
acceptable
satisfactory
adequate
fair
decent
reasonable
passable
sufficient
suitable
tolerable
appropriate
competent
good
respectable
agreeable
average
presentable
serviceable
alright
comfortable
fairish
fit
okay
palatable
solid
sound
standard
commensurate
common
convenient
fitting
middling
moderate
proper
unobjectionable
valid
appeasing
assuaging
assuasive
correct
sufficing
unexceptionable
fine
goodish
kosher
pleasant
swell
unexceptional
fairly good
good enough
jake
pretty good
quite good
run-of-the-mill
sufficiently good
up to standard
not bad
up to par
all right
bog-standard
middle-of-the-road
up to scratch
fair-to-middling
so-so
totally fine
up to snuff
in order
up to the mark
completely understandable
OK
A-OK
mediocre
unremarkable
vanilla
ordinary
undistinguished
indifferent
medium
commonplace
minimal
plenty
cromulent
able
no great shakes
conventional
half-pie
plain vanilla
everyday
nothing to write home about
nothing to shout about
moderately good
fair to middling
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