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. Hayley Berg:

   So though the national average looks pretty normal to us in comparison to pre-pandemic prices, for a lot of travelers a route that they may have taken for years and years to a smaller, more regional airport – that might be two or three times more expensive than what they paid pre-pandemic.

2. Rebecca Siegel:

   But the data don’t support these specific factors as solely driving the trend, so if you have excess body weight, you are at a higher risk of colorectal cancer in your 40s than someone who is average weight. That is true. But the excess risk is pretty small. So again, that is probably not what’s driving this increase, and it’s another reason to think that there’s something else going on.

3. Martin Schulz:

   The debate over corporate spending will increase, especially in Europe, where there is more of an attempt to balance both government and the private sector, with QE, the average voter thinks they are going to get all this free money ... There's the expectation that corporations are going to reinvest cash. The political pressure will grow.

4. David Wessel:

   It's short-hand, it's a rule of thumb, the average person can understand it. You don't need a PhD in Economics to add together two numbers.

5. Phil Klotzbach:

   The primary reasons why we're going above average is the low likelihood of a significant El Niño event and the relative warmth in the tropical( Atlantic) but especially the subtropical eastern Atlantic.