middle ground

noun

1

: a standpoint or area midway between extreme or opposing positions, options, or objectives

2

: middle distance sense 1

Synonyms

• golden mean
• mean
• medium
• middle
• midpoint

Examples of middle ground in a Sentence

The judge of the case chose a middle ground between harshness and leniency.

Both sides in this debate need to do more to establish some middle ground.

Recent Examples on the Web

And along with exchanges of prisoners of war and noncombatants who had been detained amid the conflict, the limited cooperation between Russia and Ukraine shows that the two sides can still find a measure of middle ground, at least on humanitarian issues. —Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2024

Finding that middle ground that serves your characters, story and audience without becoming tasteless or pointless is difficult. —Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024

And in a landscape in which furious rhetoric blazes through statehouses and across social media, some are staking out a kind of middle ground. —Ruth Graham, New York Times, 17 May 2024

Bartholomew argues a more sensible regulation would strike some sort of middle ground, and give the heirs of dead artists around 20 years to control their digital replicas. —Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1752, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

middle ground

noun

: a position midway between extreme or opposing points of view, choices, or objectives