midwestern

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adjective

Of or pertaining to any region identified as midwest

“Bermuda lies in the midwestern Atlantic.”

Similar
western
OriginEnglish western ← Middle English mid ← Old English midd →
Less commonScrabble 16
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Meanings

midwestern1

adjectivemidwestern (not comparable)

alternative mid-western

  1. not comparableAlternative letter-case form of Midwestern.
  2. not comparableOf or pertaining to any region identified as midwest

    Bermuda lies in the midwestern Atlantic.

Midwestern2

adjectiveMidwestern (comparative more Midwestern, superlative most Midwestern)

comparative more Midwestern · superlative most Midwestern · alternative midwestern

  1. USOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Midwest.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof a region of the United States generally including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and sometimes Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota

Similar
western
Also see
western

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Germanic*midjaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*midi
  7. Old Englishmidd
  8. Middle Englishmid
  9. Englishmid
  10. Englishmid-
  11. Englishwestern
  12. Englishmidwestern

From mid- + western.

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Cite this entry
APA

midwestern. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midwestern

MLA

“midwestern.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midwestern. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midwestern,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midwestern.

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