middle-of-the-road
1 of 2adjective
mid·dle-of-the-road ˈmi-dᵊl-əv-ṯẖə-ˈrōd 
: standing for or following a course of action midway between extremes
especially : being neither liberal nor conservative in politics
middle-of-the-roader
ˈmi-dᵊl-əv-ṯẖə-ˈrō-dər
noun middle-of-the-roadism
ˈmi-dᵊl-əv-ṯẖə-ˈrō-ˌdi-zəm
noun middle of the road
2 of 2noun phrase
: a course of action or a standpoint midway between extremes
Synonyms
Adjective
- central
- centrist
- moderate
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Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1894, in the meaning defined above
Noun Phrase
1891, in the meaning defined above
middle-of-the-roader
noun
as in moderate
a person who holds moderate views since the party's middle-of-the-roaders often lack verve, the activists inevitably nominate some extremist who can't win in the general election Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- moderate
- centrist
- progressive
- reformer
- compromiser
- accommodationist
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- extremist
- conservative
- radical
- liberal
- revolutionary
- rightist
- revolutionist
- leftist
- reactionary
- right-winger
- ultraist
- left-winger
- impenetrably
- impenetrate
- impenetrated
- impenetrates
- impenetrating
- impenetration
- impenitence
- impenitences
- impenitencies
- impenitent
- impenitently
- impenitents
- imper
- Imperata
- imperate
- imperation
- imperatival
- imperativally
- imperative
- imperatively
- imperativeness
- imperativenesses
- imperatives
- imperator
- imperatorial