Word Type

Preposition

Adverb

Noun

The word "between" can be used as preposition, adverb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

around outside outside of

Derived Terms

between Scylla and Charybdis between a rock and a hard place between decks between jobs between ourselves between the devil and the deep blue sea between the ears between the hammer and the anvil between the jigs and the reels between the lines between the pegs between the pipes between the sheets between the sticks between time between times between two stools between wind and water between you and I between you and me between you and me and the bedpost between you and me and these four walls between-seasons jacket between-step between-subjects between-time betweenane betweenhood betweenity betweenness betweenwhiles betwixt and between bit between one's teeth caught between two stools come between create daylight between oneself and someone drive a wedge between fall between the cracks fall between two stools few and far between get between go between go-between in between in between jobs in between times in-between in-between hop keep it between the ditches know the difference between one's ass and a hole in the ground know the difference between one's ass and one's elbow mean distance between failure nothing to choose between put daylight between oneself and someone read between the lines rose between two thorns stand between step between sympathy is between shit and syphilis tail between one's legs tail-between-one's-legs there's many a slip between the cup and the lip therebetween tween tweenager wherebetween

Derived From

twain

Distinct From

first left

Etymologically Related To

betwixt twin

Related Terms

among betwixt

Related Terms

adjective among among things amongst betwixt center center of centre choice combine confidence connecting degree effort hard hard place in center in centre in middle inside inside of inter intermediate interstices interval joining like like middle location middle middle of needle ownership people place position preposition proposition quantity reciprocally rock rock and sandwich sandwiched share sharp sides together transit tween two two people two sides two things you me

Synonym Network

atween atwix betwixt

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