in the midst

1. 1.

   the middle or central part or point

   “in the midst of the forest”

   “could he walk out in the midst of his piece?”

   Synonymsmidmost

Questions about in the midst

What does in the midst mean?

in the midst means "the middle or central part or point".

What is another word for in the midst?

Close synonyms include midmost. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is in the midst a common word?

in the midst is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.