Synonyms for intermediate

Synonyms for (noun) intermediate

Synonyms: intermediate

Definition: a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained

Similar words: chemical, chemical substance

Definition: material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules


Synonyms for (verb) intermediate

Synonyms: arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, mediate, liaise

Definition: act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

Usage: He interceded in the family dispute; He mediated a settlement

Similar words: negociate, negotiate, talk terms

Definition: discuss the terms of an arrangement

Usage: They negotiated the sale of the house


Synonyms for (adj) intermediate

Synonyms: intermediate

Definition: lying between two extremes in time or space or state

Usage: going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands; intermediate stages in a process; intermediate stops on the route; an intermediate range plane

Similar words: gray, grey

Definition: intermediate in character or position

Usage: a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal


Similar words: halfway

Definition: at a point midway between two extremes

Usage: at the halfway mark


Similar words: in-between, mediate, middle

Definition: being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

Usage: adolescence is an awkward in-between age; in a mediate position; the middle point on a line


Similar words: junior, next-to-last, third-year

Definition: used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college

Usage: the junior class; a third-year student


Similar words: next-to-last, penultimate

Definition: next to the last

Usage: the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter; the figures in the next-to-last column


Similar words: second-year, sophomore

Definition: used of the second year in United States high school or college

Usage: the sophomore class; his sophomore year


Similar words: subterminal

Definition: near but not precisely at an end

Usage: a subterminal band of color on the tail feathers


Similar words: antepenultimate

Definition: third from last


Synonyms: average, intermediate, medium

Definition: around the middle of a scale of evaluation

Usage: an orange of average size; intermediate capacity; medium bombers

Similar words: moderate

Definition: being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme

Usage: moderate prices; a moderate income; a moderate fine; moderate demands; a moderate estimate; a moderate eater; moderate success; a kitchen of moderate size; the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart


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