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MEDIOCRE Synonyms

There are 17 synonyms of the word mediocre. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word mediocre. (close relations)

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ordinary
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree

noun

• a judge of a probate court

• the expected or commonplace condition or situation

• a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death

• an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

• (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields

adjective satellite

• lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

average
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a statistic describing the location of a distribution

• (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

• an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

adjective satellite

• approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

• lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

• lacking exceptional quality or ability

• around the middle of a scale of evaluation

• relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

• relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)

verb

• amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

• achieve or reach on average

• compute the average of

fair
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

• (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines

noun

• a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

• gathering of producers to promote business

• a competitive exhibition of farm products

• a sale of miscellany; often for charity

adverb

• in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating

• without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner

adjective satellite

• not excessive or extreme

• very pleasing to the eye

• lacking exceptional quality or ability

• attractively feminine

• (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections

• gained or earned without cheating or stealing

• free of clouds or rain

• (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored

verb

• join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly

middling
adjectiveadj
noun

• any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

adverb

• to certain extent or degree

adjective satellite

• lacking exceptional quality or ability

second-rate
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• moderate to inferior in quality

adequate
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

adjective satellite

• sufficient for the purpose

• about average; acceptable

decent
adjectiveadj
adjective

• conforming to conventions of sexual behavior

adverb

• in the right manner; correctly; suitably

adjective satellite

• socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

• in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

• sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public

• observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress

• meeting requirements

inferior
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or characteristic of low rank or importance

• of low or inferior quality

• written or printed below and to one side of another character

• having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit

noun

• one of lesser rank or station or quality

• a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

adjective satellite

• lower than a given reference point

• falling short of some prescribed norm

lackluster
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking brilliance or vitality

• lacking luster or shine

passable
adjectiveadj
adjective

• able to be passed or traversed or crossed

adjective satellite

• about average; acceptable

pedestrian
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a person who travels by foot

adjective satellite

• lacking wit or imagination

undistinguished
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not special in any way; lacking distinction

unexceptional
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not special in any way; lacking distinction

run-of-the-mill
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not special in any way; lacking distinction

so-so
adverb

• in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner

adjective satellite

• being neither good nor bad

common
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

• having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual

noun

• a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

adjective satellite

• common to or shared by two or more parties

• commonly encountered

• being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

• of or associated with the great masses of people

• of low or inferior quality or value

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

• to be expected; standard

commonplace
adjectiveadj
noun

• a trite or obvious remark

adjective satellite

• completely ordinary and unremarkable

• not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Alternatives for ORDINARY

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