Synonyms 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"

   Synonyms:
   fair, second-rate, average, middling

   Antonyms:
   superior, good, extraordinary

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"

   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

   Antonyms:
   good, extraordinary, superior

3. mediocreadjective

   poor to middling in quality

   "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"

   Synonyms:
   fair, second-rate, average, middling

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary, good, superior

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1. banalise

   just an ordinary like any other

   Submitted by acronimous on December 12, 2017  

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1. mediocreadjective

   Synonyms:
   middling, ordinary, medium, commonplace

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1. List of paraphrases for "mediocre":

   poor, run-of-the-mill, lacklustre, lackluster

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1. Joseph Heller:

   Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

2. Uta Hagan:

   We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs us of the chance to be extraordinary and leads us to the mediocre.

3. John Amaechi:

   The coverage of some of the most remarkable female athletes out there, some of the most remarkable women in sports, it's nonexistent in comparison to the coverage of mediocre men.

4. Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver:

   Implementation is key, but in the mean time, events keep intervening, and there are serial disappointments, and what (International Monetary Fund Managing Director) Christine Lagarde has called 'the new mediocre' is something that we seem to be confronting.

5. George Herbert Allen:

   People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.