Antonyms for mediocre
ˌmi diˈoʊ kərmedi·ocre

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1. mediocreadjective

   Synonyms:
   middling

2. mediocreadjective

   Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality;

   I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.

   Synonyms:
   middling

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1. mediocre, second-rateadjective

   moderate to inferior in quality

   "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"

   Antonyms:
   superior, good, extraordinary

   Synonyms:
   fair, second-rate, average, middling

2. average, fair, mediocre, middlingadjective

   lacking exceptional quality or ability

   "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"

   Antonyms:
   good, extraordinary, superior

   Synonyms:
   mean(a), modal(a), second-rate, reasonable, intermediate, fair(a), medium, bonnie, comely, middling, bonny, ordinary, just, average, median(a), sightly, clean, fair, fairish, honest

3. mediocreadjective

   poor to middling in quality

   "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary, good, superior

   Synonyms:
   fair, second-rate, average, middling

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1. mediocreadjective

   Synonyms:
   middling, ordinary, medium, commonplace

How to use mediocre in a sentence?

1. Maurice Maeterlinck:

   Every progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand mediocre minds appointed to guard the past.

2. Kevin Harvick:

   You go through spells of capitalizing on things and having good cars and mediocre cars and circumstances, and I think that part of this sport is those streaks come and go at certain race tracks, at RCR we had a lot of good, flat-track races at Richmond and Loudon, and we only won here one time, and I thought this was one of our better tracks.

3. Mark Steber:

   You could have had a mediocre 2020, as many millions of Americans did, but then in 2021 -- especially with the rest of 2021 to go -- with the economy picking up steam, you could move into a higher-income situation and really have a surprise come tax time.

4. Sophia Loren:

   Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.

5. Vicente Lim:

   Bear in mind that no matter how small a thing you want to do, plan it ahead of time, think it over and allot a certain time for you to prepare your plans, for a mediocre plan is better than a brilliant unprepared plan that is haphazardly carried out.

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