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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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. banalise

    just an ordinary like any other

    Submitted by acronimous on December 12, 2017  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. mediocreadjective

    Synonyms:
    middling, ordinary, medium, commonplace

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "mediocre":

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

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#109just
#774average
#1614medium
#1667fair
#1711poor
#1809clean
#2937reasonable
#4690ordinary
#5026intermediate
#5698honest
#11330bonnie
#21488mediocre
#42568bonny
#51657lackluster
#80929comely
#85796middling
#112303lacklustre
#315275sightly

How to use mediocre in a sentence?

  1. Marie Antoinette:

    It is the nature of human beings, and especially of the mediocre ones, to wish to change everything. They desire it all the more because they know popularity will accrue rather to those who disturb than to those who maintain order.

  2. Giuseppe Sersale:

    I doubt (Fed chair Janet) Yellen would want to sound particularly aggressive. The latest data have been mediocre ... and more time is needed to evaluate how far China and emerging markets have stabilised. And commodities prices have fallen.

  3. Joseph Heller:

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

  4. Michael Yuan:

    An overseas-listed Chinese company, once listed in the domestic market, will become the target of speculation and see its valuations surge, even if its business is mediocre.

  5. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

    We only share our ignorance with others, infact only it IS capable and contagious for it breeds in unawareness, on the contrary Intelligence belongs to an individual's territory, for his very functioning is 'other worldly' and he stands out from the mediocre crowd. What are YOU!


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