Mean

//miːn//

Synonyms for "mean" (963 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (193)

intend average base beggarly cheap convey cruel entail hateful imply median miserly nasty skilled wicked vicious abject abominable absolutely abstemious

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abstruse abysmal ace-high add up to adumbrate affect agency agent ailing aim aim at aim for allegorize allude to amidships apparatus approach arduous argue arrant ascetic ashamed aspire aspire after aspire to assets assume assuredly at all events at any cost atrocious attest augur austere authoritarian avaricious avenue backing bad bad-tempered balance baleful banal bang up bang-up base-minded baseborn bastardly be after be construed as be indicative of be significant of be symptomatic of bearish below the salt beneath contempt bespeak betoken bigot bigoted bitchy bonzer borne boss brandish breathe bring about bring forth bring forward bring into view bring out bring to mind bring to notice brutal bully bundle but good by all means by dint of by means of by no means by way of cankered cantankerous capital carry caviling center central certainly channel characterize cheesy churlish close closed closed minded coarse cockney cold-hearted common commonplace communicate complex compromise connote constricted contemplate contemptible cool core corking count course crabbed crackerjack cramped cranky creedbound critical cross cross grained cross-grained crummy crusty cussed damaging

Verb(14 words)

imply intend signify afterthink be serious begrieve bemoan besorrow bewail beweep bring about cause condole convey

Adjective(26 words)

base cheap chintzy tight unkind as tight as dick's hatband ass bad bedraggled below par broken bum carrion cheeseparing close close as wax close-fisted crapperific crappo crappy

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craptabulous craptacular craptastic cruel crummy damaging

Noun(2 words)

arithmetic mean average

Adjective(4 words)

average base bastardly beggarly

Strong matches (289)

dandy dangle deaf deaf to reason debased declasse deficient definitely deft degenerate degraded delicate delicious demanding demonstrate denominate denote depraved design designate

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desire despicable destine determine develop diameter diaphragm differentiate difficile difficult dirty disagreeable disclose disgraceful disgusting dishonorable dismal disobliging display disreputable divine divulge donsie dramatize dreary drive drive at ducky dwarfed dwarfish earthborn economical effective embody enact equator equatorial equidistant equipment estate evidence evil evince exacting excellent exceptional excitable execrable exhibit exiguous expect expected value expose to view express fab fair fairish fanatical fashion fawning feisty fence filthy finances fine and dandy flagrant flaunt flourish foreshadow foretell foretoken formidable fortune foul fourth class fourth-class fractious frugal fulsome funds gaudy gear generality get get across get over gimcracky give evidence give sign give token go for golden mean grasping grave great greedy groovy gross grovelling grudging hack hairy half measures half-and-half measures halfway halfway measures happy medium harbor a design hard hard earned hard fought hard-earned hard-fought harmful hate have every intention have in mind have in view heart heavy heinous herald herculean hidebound highlight hint hint at holdings homely hope hostile hot huffish huffy humble humble-looking humble-visaged humblest hunky dory hunky-dory hurtful identify ignoble ill-tempered illiberal illuminate imperfect implicate import impoverished in any case in any event in no way inadequate incarnate incompetent indicate indifferent indisposed ineffectual infer inferior inglorious iniquitous innocuous insinuate instrument instrumentality instrumentation insufficient insular intangibles intercurrent interior interjacent intermediary intermediate intervenient intervening intimate intricate invidious involve irascible irregular irritable jam-up jawbreaking jejune just dandy juste milieu keen kernel knotted knotty laborious lean least lenten limited little little minded little-minded low low class low down low grade low test low-class low-down low-grade low-minded low-quality low-test lowborn lowbred lowest lowliest lowly lumpen machinery make a show of make clear make plain maladroit malefic maleficent

Adjective(23 words)

deft derisible fierce flimsy for the birds frivolous grotty halfhearted harsh idle ignoble ignominious illiberal immaterial inconsequential inconsiderable inconsiderate inferior insensitive insignificant

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lousy low low-grade

Verb(13 words)

deplore deprecate elegize entail equal get at grieve grieven have in mind indicate keen lament lead to

Adjective(4 words)

excellent fantabulous first-class hateful

Noun(2 words)

expected value geometric mean

Related words (481)

malicious malign malignant mangy manifest manner mark marvy materialize matter meager mean to say mean-minded mean-spirited means meanspirited measly medial mediocre mediocrity

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mediterranean medium menial mercenary meretricious mesial mesne method mezzo mickey mouse mid middle middle course middle ground middle of the road middle way middle-of-the-road middlemost middling midland midmost midriff midships midst midway mind mingy ministry miserable mode moderate moderateness moderation modest money moneybags monstrous name narrow narrow gauge narrow minded narrow-hearted narrow-minded narrow-souled narrow-spirited naughty near nearsighted neat nefarious nest egg neutral ground nifty niggard niggardly no matter what no picnic no way nobby nominate nonclerical norm normal not at all not comparable not easy not in it note noxious nuclear nucleus obnoxious obscure odious of course off color offish ok okay on no account operose ordinary organ ornery out of it out of sight out of the running out of this world paltry par parade paraphernalia parochial parsimonious pathetic peachy peachy-keen penny-pinching penurious perform perverse pesky petty pile pinchpenny pitiable pitiful plain plan plebeian pocket point indirectly to point to poky poor portend position positively possessions prefigure preindicate presage present presign presignal presignify presume presuppose pretypify procedure process produce project proletarian promise property propose provincial punk puny purblind purport purpose purse ragged rank refer refer to represent reprobate reptilian reserves resolve resource resources reveal rigorous ripping roll out rotten rough routine rubbishy rude rugged rule rum run run-down sad savings scabby scant scanty scrawny scrimp scrimpy scrubby scruffy scrumptious scummy scurvy scuzzy second best second class second rate second-best second-class second-rate seedy serious servile set set forth set with thorns severe shabby shabby-genteel shameful shoddy shortsighted show show forth sick sickly signal signify simple skimp skimpy slap-up slavish sleazy slender slight slim small small minded small-minded smashing snappish so-so solid something else sordid sorry sour spare sparing spartan specify spell spiffing spiffy spiny spiteful spleeny splenetic spotlight squalid stand stand for standard starvation steep stingy stinking stinted stinting straitened straitlaced strenuous stuffy stunning stunted submissive subservient subsistence substance suggest sullen support suppose surely swell symbolize symptomatize symptomize system tacky take for granted tatty teachable technique testify testy thick thick of things thin think think of third class third rate third-class third-estate third-rate thorny through ticklish tight tight-fisted tightfisted tinny toilsome token tough trashy tricky trivial trot out troublesome troublous trumpery two-for-a-cent two-for-a-penny twopenny twopenny-halfpenny typify ugly unaccommodating uncatholic uncharitable unchivalrous undignified undistinguished unfold ungenerous ungenteel unimportant unkind unliberal unmentionable unmerciful unnourishing unnutritious unpleasant unpretentious unskillful unwashed unwell uphill using usual valueless vehicle venomous vexatious via via media vile vindictive violent vulgar waist waistline want waspish watered watery wave way ways wealth weigh wherewithal wish without fail wizard wonderful worthless wretched zone

Adjective(79 words)

malicious mean-spirited merciless miserable miserly murrain narrow-fisted nasty niggardly nipcheese nothingburger parsimonious peddling penny-pinching penny-wise penurious petty picayune piddling piddly

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Noun(2 words)

mean proportional mean value

Verb(12 words)

mean to say mourn pine repent result in sigh sorrow stand for think think of wail wayment

Adjective(6 words)

meanspirited mingy miserly ripping splendid tight

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

17 relation types

More general

26 entries

act associate average colligate connect convey designate destine inform intend link link up measure of central tendency measure of location move necessitate

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More specific

5 entries

cruel despicable malevolent malicious unjust

Antonyms

6 entries

friendly generous kind kindness lofty nice

Synonyms

22 entries

average base bastardly beggarly bring about cheap convey cruel damaging deft entail evil hateful imply intend meanspirited

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Related terms

15 entries

MERN MEVN grim harsh humorless median mediate mediation mediator mediocre mediocrity medium range spread stern

capable of

3 entries

clean regardless of socialization and stereotypes mean average mean cruel

coordinate

7 entries

;geometric mean harmonic mean median mode quadratic mean weighted mean

defined as

1 entries

opposite of nice

derived

106 entries

Cesàro mean Chisini mean Heronian mean Hölder mean I mean absolute mean and I don't mean maybe arithmetic mean arithmetic-geometric mean bemean brake mean effective pressure contraharmonic mean demean generalised f-mean generalized f-mean geomean

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distinct from

3 entries

happy kind nice

etymologically related_to

3 entries

mid mizzen moan

has context

9 entries

childish computing historical ireland mathematics music regional statistics uk

has subevent

1 entries

people dislike

is a

2 entries

average measure of central tendency

manner of

2 entries

convey intend

related to

128 entries

actions adjective alto anger angry angry person argument arithmetic arithmetic average arithmetic mean attitude average average middle bad bad actions bad dog

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similar

12 entries

awful contemptible ignoble median nasty normal poor signify skilled stingy superior ungenerous

Translations

686 translations across 76 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

μεσότης noun (intermediate value)
σημαίνω verb (to signify)

Arabic

4 entries

خَسِيس adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
لَئِيم adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
مُتَوَسِّط noun (the statistical value)
عَنَى verb (to convey, indicate)

Armenian

1 entries

միջին adj (having the mean as its value)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

demək verb (to convey, indicate)
mənaya gəlmək verb (to convey, indicate)
nəzərdə tutmaq verb (to have conviction in what one says)

Basque

4 entries

anker adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
gaizto adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
adierazi verb (to signify)
esan nahi izan verb (to signify)

Belarusian

3 entries

сярэ́дні adj (having the mean as its value)
азнача́ць verb (to convey, indicate)
зна́чыць verb (to convey, indicate)

Bulgarian

4 entries

зъл adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
мощен adj (powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging)
низък adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
подъл adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)

Campidanese Sardinian

4 entries

asuríu adj (miserly, stingy)
cananèu adj (miserly, stingy)
pistriccu adj (miserly, stingy)
taccagnu adj (miserly, stingy)

Catalan

4 entries

garrepa adj (miserly, stingy)
mig adj (having the mean as its value)
mitjana noun (arithmetic mean)
pretendre verb (to intend; plan on doing)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

ناھەموار adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
ناھەموار adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎤᏰᎸᎭ verb (to intend; plan on doing)

Chickasaw

2 entries

aachi verb (to convey, indicate)
aachi verb (to signify)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

卑鄙的 adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
……的意思是…… verb (to signify)
意味 verb (to convey, indicate)
是……的意思 verb (to convey, indicate)

Czech

4 entries

střední adj (having the mean as its value)
aritmetický průměr noun (arithmetic mean)
prostředek noun (method by which something is done)
chtít verb (to intend; plan on doing)

Danish

4 entries

nærig adj (miserly, stingy)
middel noun (method by which something is done)
betyde verb (to convey, indicate)
mene verb (to signify)

Dutch

4 entries

boosaardig adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
gemeen adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
gemeen adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
gemeen adj (powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging)

Esperanto

4 entries

kruela adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
kruela adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
malafabla adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
malafabla adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)

Estonian

1 entries

tähendama verb (to convey, indicate)

Finnish

4 entries

huono adj (low in quality)
häijy adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
ilkeä adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
ilkeä adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)

French

4 entries

cruel adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
inférieur adj (low in quality)
inférieure adj (low in quality)
moyen adj (having the mean as its value)

Galician

4 entries

mesquiño adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
ruín adj (miserly, stingy)
ruín adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
pretender verb (to intend; plan on doing)

Gallurese

2 entries

scurzónu adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
taccagnu adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)

German

4 entries

Mittel adj (having the mean as its value)
böse adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
gemein adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
gemein adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)

Greek

4 entries

άγριος adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
άγριος adj (powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging)
άθλιος adj (low in quality)
κακός adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)

Hebrew

4 entries

ממוצע adj (having the mean as its value)
קַמְצָן adj (miserly, stingy)
אמצעי noun (method by which something is done)
אָמַר verb (to convey, indicate)

Hindi

4 entries

अर्थ verb (to convey, indicate)
अर्थात verb (to signify)
कामना verb (to intend (something) for a given purpose or fate)
चाह verb (to intend; plan on doing)

Hungarian

4 entries

akar verb (to intend; plan on doing)
akar verb (to have intentions of some kind)
céloz verb (to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude)
gondol verb (to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude)

Icelandic

4 entries

hreint meðaltal noun (arithmetic mean)
innliður noun (mathematics: either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion)
meðaltal noun (arithmetic mean)
meðaltal noun (the statistical value)

Indonesian

4 entries

jahat adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
nilai tengah noun (arithmetic mean)
purata noun (arithmetic mean)
rata-rata noun (intermediate value)

Ingrian

2 entries

merkitä verb (to signify)
tähentää verb (to signify)

Interlingua

4 entries

medie adj (having the mean as its value)
media noun (intermediate value)
medio noun (method by which something is done)
ressource noun (method by which something is done)

Irish

4 entries

ceachartha adj (miserly, stingy)
míghnaíúil adj (miserly, stingy)
ocrach adj (miserly, stingy)
sprionlaithe adj (miserly, stingy)

Italian

4 entries

avaro adj (miserly, stingy)
cattivo adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
eccellente adj (accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with)
fantastico adj (accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with)

Japanese

4 entries

下劣な adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
劣る adj (low in quality)
卑しい adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
卑劣な adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)

Khmer

4 entries

មធ្យោបាយ noun (method by which something is done)
ចង់ថា verb (to signify)
ចង់និយាយ verb (to signify)
បានន័យ verb (to convey, indicate)

Korean

4 entries

가혹(苛酷)하다 adj (powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging)
나쁘다 adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
나쁘다 adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
나쁘다 adj (low in quality)

Lao

3 entries

ກິນຄວາມ verb (to convey, indicate)
ຜັດວ່າ verb (to convey, indicate)
ຫມາຽ verb (to convey, indicate)

Latin

4 entries

habeo in animo verb (to intend; plan on doing)
indicō verb (to convey, indicate)
significo verb (to signify)
significō verb (to convey, indicate)

Latvian

3 entries

nekrietns adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
zemisks adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
nozīmēt verb (to convey, indicate)

Lithuanian

2 entries

reikšti verb (to convey, indicate)
reikšti verb (to signify)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

uerg adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)

Macedonian

3 entries

среден adj (having the mean as its value)
зна́чи verb (to convey, indicate)
сака verb (to intend; plan on doing)

Malay

2 entries

min noun (arithmetic mean)
min noun (the statistical value)

Mazanderani

1 entries

میون adj (having the mean as its value)

Mongolian

1 entries

дундаж noun (arithmetic mean)

Māori

4 entries

tau toharite noun (intermediate value)
tau toharite noun (arithmetic mean)
tau toharite noun (the statistical value)
toharite noun (intermediate value)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

ufasiri verb (to convey, indicate)

Norwegian

1 entries

bety verb (to convey, indicate)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

innebære verb (to convey, indicate)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

innebere verb (to convey, indicate)
tyda verb (to convey, indicate)

Occitan

1 entries

significar verb (to signify)

Old English

4 entries

mǣnan verb (to convey, indicate)
mǣnan verb (to signify)
mǣnan verb (to have conviction in what one says)
willan verb (to intend; plan on doing)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

آلچاق adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
جمری adj (miserly, stingy)
ذلیل adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
رذیل adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)

Persian

3 entries

خَسِیس adj (miserly, stingy)
میانه noun (intermediate step)
معنی کردن verb (to convey, indicate)

Polish

4 entries

średni adj (having the mean as its value)
chcieć verb (to intend; plan on doing)
chcieć verb (to have intentions of some kind)
mieć na myśli verb (to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude)

Portuguese

4 entries

avarento adj (miserly, stingy)
cruel adj (powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging)
excelente adj (accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with)
formidável adj (accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with)

Romanian

4 entries

mediu adj (having the mean as its value)
medie noun (intermediate value)
mediu noun (intermediate value)
mediu noun (arithmetic mean)

Russian

4 entries

дрянной adj (low in quality)
зло́бный adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
злой adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
классный adj (accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with)

Sardinian

4 entries

arragatu adj (miserly, stingy)
cogheddu adj (miserly, stingy)
grengu adj (miserly, stingy)
isurídu adj (miserly, stingy)

Sassarese

3 entries

atziccaddu adj (miserly, stingy)
migragnòsu adj (miserly, stingy)
zecchincùru adj (miserly, stingy)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

cuibheas noun (intermediate value)
cuibheas noun (arithmetic mean)
cuibheas noun (the statistical value)
cuibheasachd noun (intermediate value)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

srȅdnjī adj (having the mean as its value)
сре̏дњӣ adj (having the mean as its value)
značiti verb (to convey, indicate)
значити verb (to convey, indicate)

Slovak

2 entries

stredný adj (having the mean as its value)
znamenať verb (to convey, indicate)

Slovene

2 entries

srednji adj (having the mean as its value)
pomeniti verb (to convey, indicate)

Spanish

4 entries

avieso adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
desconsiderado adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
mala gente adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
mala onda adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)

Swedish

4 entries

elak adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
gemen adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
genomsnittlig adj (having the mean as its value)
medel adj (having the mean as its value)

Tagalog

4 entries

bulastog adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
imbi adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
mababa adj (low-minded; acting without consideration of others)
mababa adj (low in quality)

Tajik

2 entries

ифода кардан verb (to convey, indicate)
маънӣ кардан verb (to convey, indicate)

Telugu

4 entries

కష్ట సాధ్యము adj (accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with)
కారణమగుట adj (intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
దురుసు adj (powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging)
నాణ్యత లేని adj (low in quality)

Thai

4 entries

ตั้งใจ verb (to intend; plan on doing)
หมายความ verb (to convey, indicate)
หมายถึง verb (to convey, indicate)
หมายถึง verb (to signify)

Turkish

4 entries

cimri adj (miserly, stingy)
yol noun (method by which something is done)
anlama gelmek verb (to convey, indicate)
anlamına gelmek verb (to convey, indicate)

Ukrainian

4 entries

сере́дній adj (having the mean as its value)
сере́днє noun (arithmetic mean)
дума́ти verb (to have conviction in what one says)
збира́тися verb (to intend; plan on doing)

Vietnamese

2 entries

có nghĩa là verb (to signify)
nghĩa là verb (to convey, indicate)

Walloon

3 entries

awè idêye verb (to intend; plan on doing)
sinifyî verb (to signify)
voleur dire verb (to signify)

Welsh

3 entries

cymedrig adj (having the mean as its value)
golygu verb (to convey, indicate)
golygu verb (to signify)

Yiddish

1 entries

באַטײַטן verb (to signify)

Sample sentences

85 total sentences available.

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I may be antisocial, but it doesn't mean I don't talk to people.

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If you look at the lyrics, they don't really mean much.

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I don't know what you mean.

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What do you mean you don't know?!

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