middle of the road adjective 2noun 1 adjective2 •Having a centrist attitude or philosophy; not extreme, especially politically.A typical middle of the road compromise is to leave the problem as it is. •Of a type of melodic popular music that has wide appeal.Damon Albarn has disappointed fans expecting the third Adele album to take a drill’n’bass direction by saying that the tracks he has heard are “very middle of the road”. — 2015 noun1 •The middle; the average.If us two competed together, we'd probably score just barely under the middle of the road.