Thesaurus:amongst

Thesaurus

amongst

English

Preposition

Sense: in the middle of; surrounded or encompassed by

Synonyms

• amid
• amidst
• among
• amongst
• in
• in the middle of
• in the midst of
• in the thick of (idiomatic)

Antonyms

• outside
• outwith (British dialect)
• without (archaic or literary)

Hyponyms

• amidships (nautical)
• through

Hypernyms

• together with
• within

Further reading

• “41. mixture” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “amongst” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.