MIDDLING Synonyms

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

• (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines

• 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

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

• without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner

• 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

• join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly

• moderate to inferior in quality

• lacking exceptional quality or ability

• poor to middling in quality

• being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme

• a person who takes a position in the political center

• not extreme

• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

• preside over

• make less fast or intense

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• make less severe or harsh

• make less strong or intense; soften

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

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

• 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

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

• able to be passed or traversed or crossed

• about average; acceptable

• capable of being borne or endured

• about average; acceptable

• in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner

• being neither good nor bad

• to certain extent or degree

• without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner

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

• a happy party

• a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work

• to certain extent or degree

• full of or showing high-spirited merriment

• be silly or tease one another

• a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information

• the surrounding environment

• an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication

• (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms

• a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter

• (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed

• an intervening substance through which something is achieved

• a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position

• someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

• (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

• an occupation for which you are especially well suited

• around the middle of a scale of evaluation

• (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside

• to certain extent or degree

• with moderation; in a moderate manner

• to certain extent or degree

• to certain extent or degree

• pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

• (used ironically) unexpectedly bad

• to certain extent or degree

• with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner

• to a small degree or extent

• to certain extent or degree

• not special in any way; lacking distinction