Middle and Peripheral

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Middle adjective - Occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes.

Usage example: you must mark the exact middle point of each of these lines in order to solve the problem

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Peripheral is an antonym for middle.

Nearby Words: middling, middlemost, middled, middleware

Peripheral adjective - On or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area.

Usage example: peripheral suburbs

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Middle is an antonym for peripheral in minor topic.

Nearby Word: periphery

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Peripheral and Middle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/middle/peripheral

Middle & Peripheral. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/middle/peripheral>.

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