intermediate

nouns

a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained

intermediate

is a type of (narrower)

material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules

chemical, chemical substance

verbs

act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

"He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"

arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, liaise, mediate

is derived from

intermediation

is derived from

intermediator

adjectives

lying between two extremes in time or space or state

"going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane"

intermediate

antonym

terminal

is similar to

intermediate in character or position

"a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"

gray, grey

is similar to

at a point midway between two extremes

"at the halfway mark"

halfway

is similar to

being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

"adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line"

in-between, mediate, middle

is similar to

used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college

"the junior class"; "a third-year student"

junior, next-to-last, third-year

is similar to

next to the last

"the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column"

next-to-last, penultimate

is similar to

used of the second year in United States high school or college

"the sophomore class"; "his sophomore year"

second-year, sophomore

is similar to

near but not precisely at an end

"a subterminal band of color on the tail feathers"

subterminal

is similar to

third from last

antepenultimate

around the middle of a scale of evaluation

"an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"

average, intermediate, medium