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(Mid-west) 2 syllables

Definition

noun. the north-central region of the United States.

Example Sentence

The midwest is known for its numerous tornadoes. Spelled as one word.

More Example Sentences

Many people live in the midwest states.

Synonyms

central region; heartland; plains

Antonyms

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Rhymes

  • best
  • beste
  • blessed
  • blest
  • breast
  • brest
  • c'est
  • chest
  • chrest
  • crest
  • dest
  • dressed
  • este
  • fessed
  • fest
  • gest
  • guessed
  • guest
  • jest
  • lest
  • messed
  • mest
  • nest
  • neste
  • pest
  • pressed
  • prest
  • quest
  • rest
  • stressed
  • test
  • trest
  • vest
  • west
  • wrest
  • yoest
  • zest

  • abreast
  • addressed
  • addwest
  • arrest
  • assessed
  • attest
  • behest
  • bequest
  • celeste
  • compressed
  • confessed
  • congest
  • contest
  • d'allest
  • depressed
  • detest
  • digest
  • digressed
  • distressed
  • divest
  • expressed
  • farwest
  • finessed
  • impressed
  • infest
  • ingest
  • invest
  • midwest
  • molest
  • natwest
  • northwest
  • norwest
  • obsessed
  • oppressed
  • penwest
  • possessed
  • professed
  • progressed
  • protest
  • recessed
  • repressed
  • request
  • retest
  • southwest
  • stateswest
  • suggest
  • suppressed
  • transgressed
  • undressed
  • unrest

  • acquiesced
  • coalesced
  • dispossessed
  • eastern-west
  • indigest
  • intrawest
  • rearrest
  • reassessed
  • reinvest
  • repossessed
  • self-professed
  • telequest
  • telewest
  • unaddressed
  • unimpressed
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