middle-of-the-road

1. 1.

   supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative

   Synonymscentrist

   Similarcenter
2. 2.

   not extreme, especially in political views

   Similarmoderate

Questions about middle-of-the-road

What does middle-of-the-road mean?

middle-of-the-road means "supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in middle-of-the-road?

middle-of-the-road has 5 syllables: midd-le--of--the--road. The stress falls on "midd". In IPA it is /ˈmɪdələvθəˌɹɔd/.

What is another word for middle-of-the-road?

Close synonyms include centrist. 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 middle-of-the-road a common word?

middle-of-the-road is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with middle-of-the-road?

1 word rhymes with middle-of-the-road. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.