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medium
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of MEDIUM
1
a middle point between extremes <trying to achieve a happy medium as far as the demands of career and family are concerned>
2
something used to achieve an end <regards political activism on the local level as the best medium for effecting social change>
Related Words determinant, expedient, factor, influence, ingredient, mechanism, tool; weapon; activator, animator, catalyst, driver, energizer, executor, generator, impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, instigator, launcher, mover, power, stimulus, trigger; antecedent, cause, occasion, reason; subagency, subagent
3
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded <an artist who enjoys the cultural medium of the big city>
Synonyms ambient, atmosphere, climate, clime, context, contexture, environs, medium, milieu, mise-en-scène, setting, surround, surroundings, terrain
4
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead <the medium claims that she can put the grieving parents in touch with the spirit of their deceased son>
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