Synonyms for average
ˈæv ər ɪdʒ, ˈæv rɪdʒav·er·age

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1. averageadjective

   Constituting or relating to the average.

   The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.

   Synonyms:
   mean, expectation

2. averageadjective

   Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.

   The daily high temperature last month averaged 15C.

   Synonyms:
   unremarkable, so-so, middling, mediocre, medium, middle, comme ci comme ça, rank

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary

3. averageadjective

   An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.

   batting average

   Synonyms:
   standard, typical, usual, normal, regular, conventional, bog-standard

4. averageadjective

   Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.

   Synonyms:
   ordinary, uninspiring

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. average

   Synonyms:
   mean, medium, middle, mediocre

   Antonyms:
   extreme, excess, defect, perfectness, perfection

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. average, normnoun

   a statistic describing the location of a distribution

   "it set the norm for American homes"

   Synonyms:
   norm

   Antonyms:
   abnormal, unnatural, immoderate, uncommon, extraordinary

2. averagenoun

   (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

   Synonyms:
   norm

   Antonyms:
   uncommon, unnatural, abnormal, immoderate, extraordinary

3. averageadjective

   an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

   "he is about average in height"; "the snowfall this month is below average"

   Synonyms:
   norm

   Antonyms:
   abnormal, unnatural, uncommon, extraordinary, immoderate

4. average, mean(a)adjective

   approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

   "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"

   Antonyms:
   abnormal, unnatural, extraordinary, uncommon, immoderate

5. average, ordinaryadjective

   lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

   "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"

   Synonyms:
   fair, mean(a), middling, ordinary, median(a), mediocre, medium, modal(a), intermediate

   Antonyms:
   uncommon, abnormal, unnatural, immoderate, extraordinary

6. 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"

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

   Antonyms:
   unnatural, immoderate, abnormal, extraordinary, uncommon

7. average, intermediate, mediumadjective

   around the middle of a scale of evaluation

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

   Synonyms:
   fair, mean(a), middling, ordinary, median(a), mediocre, medium, modal(a), intermediate

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary, unnatural, abnormal, uncommon, immoderate

8. modal(a), averageadjective

   relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

   "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary, immoderate, unnatural, abnormal, uncommon

9. median(a), averageverb

   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)

   "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000"

   Antonyms:
   abnormal, unnatural, immoderate, uncommon, extraordinary

10. average, average outverb

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

    "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"

    Synonyms:
    average out

    Antonyms:
    unnatural, extraordinary, immoderate, abnormal, uncommon

11. averageverb

    achieve or reach on average

    "He averaged a C"

    Synonyms:
    average out

    Antonyms:
    unnatural, abnormal, uncommon, immoderate, extraordinary

12. average, average outverb

    compute the average of

    Synonyms:
    average out

    Antonyms:
    abnormal, uncommon, unnatural, extraordinary, immoderate

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1. averagenoun

   Synonyms:
   medium, mean proportion, medial sum or quantity

2. averagenoun

   Synonyms:
   mediocrity, medial standard, average standard

3. averageverb

   Synonyms:
   equate, reduce to an average, reduce to a mean

4. averageverb

   Synonyms:
   (Com.) proportion, distribute proportionally

5. averageverb

   Synonyms:
   amount to, or result in, when the mean is taken

6. averageadjective

   Synonyms:
   medial, mean

7. averageadjective

   Synonyms:
   middling, ordinary, passable, moderate, tolerable, well enough, pretty well, not bad

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1. averageadjective

   Synonyms:
   medium, ordinary, mediocre, middling

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1. List of paraphrases for "average":

   medium, mean, means, medium-sized, media, averages, way, middle, averaging, moderate, plea, median, east, avg, medium-, medium-size, mediterranean, 225, ways, half, medium-scale, tool, rate

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1. Patrick Wardle:

   While the average user talking about their daily activities with their family over Zoom are probably fine, I would recommend sticking with the platforms created by more mature companies.

2. Roy Oliver:

   And a lot of them are proud of what the chief did because the average police department wouldn't have done it.

3. Trevor Potter:

   Stunts like that are not helpful because it's a serious subject, the guy who's doing that is reflecting the enormous sense of frustration that no one is listening to the average citizen.

4. The National Weather Service:

   Nearly all of California has seen much above average rainfall totals over the past several weeks, with totals 400-600% above average values, this has resulted in nearly saturated soils and increasingly high river levels.

5. Lee Han-joon:

   Hyundai had a good fourth quarter, especially in the United States, where higher average-selling-price cars such as SUVs saw increasing demand as consumers shun public transit because of COVID-19 and low gasoline prices, holiday deals helped as well.