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Mean

//miːn//

Synonyms for "mean" (811 found)

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Informal (168)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(16 words)

run present simple count manifest punk steep smashing average ugly wizard stunning stinking ripping skimp corking

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(14 words)

set cool base spare gross keen core boss pocket lean sick gear humble slim

Name, noun, verb, slang(10 words)

mark show note pile carry heart rule spell want organ

Adj, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

cross

Noun, verb, slang(11 words)

get drive fence bundle think zone reveal method kernel hate dangle

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(6 words)

heavy hot swell dirty cheap cruel

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

low hard rank rough plain

Adj, adv, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

bad

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

way ok

Adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

course

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

hack

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

tough bully

Adj, adv, intj, noun, slang(1 words)

great

Adj, intj, name, noun, slang(2 words)

standard neat

Adj, adv, det, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

thick

Adj, adv, verb, slang(3 words)

tight wicked cussed

Adj, adv, noun, slang(3 words)

solid medium middling

Adj, adv, det, name, noun, pron, slang(1 words)

little

Adj, noun, slang(24 words)

delicate ordinary normal shoddy stuffy tacky poky miserable slender crusty usual crackerjack scrubby nifty groovy bitchy crummy spiffy ducky low-down

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teachable hard-earned twopenny bonzer

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

sad fab

Adj, intj, noun, slang(1 words)

capital

Adj, slang(30 words)

rude wretched tricky seedy hairy out of sight delicious cheesy stingy lousy measly scabby out of this world scummy ornery scrumptious huffy peachy offish pesky

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hunky dory bang-up slap-up scuzzy fine and dandy hunky-dory twopenny-halfpenny ace-high marvy mingy

Adj, adv, slang(3 words)

rotten pitiful so-so

Adj, verb, slang(4 words)

shabby filthy bang up spiffing

Adj, name, noun, slang(8 words)

nasty petty money dandy rum scruffy cockney Mickey Mouse

Noun, slang(6 words)

equipment assets ways something else moneybags waistline

Adj, adv, noun, prep, slang(1 words)

mid

Verb, slang(4 words)

go for get over get across roll out

Adj, adv, det, noun, prep_phrase, pron, slang(1 words)

least

Prep_phrase, slang(1 words)

out of it

Adj, name, slang(1 words)

nobby

Phrase, slang(1 words)

no picnic

General use (643)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(4 words)

close fair small uphill

Adjective(14 words)

base tight excellent average splendid ripping beggarly hateful miserly mingy fantabulous first-class bastardly meanspirited

Noun, verb(55 words)

stand support approach mind design instrument position produce project flourish wave desire display substance affect resolve import fashion parade property

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Adj, noun, verb(36 words)

foul narrow token moderate signal sour backing intimate complex degenerate illuminate commonplace perverse violent limited sullen intermediate reprobate estate abject

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lumpen grasping imperfect deaf nominate fawning sparing purblind implicate cheeseparing denominate scrimp niggard grudging ailing intervening

Adj, adv, noun, verb(2 words)

express thin

Name, noun, verb(16 words)

balance plan matter channel name hope aim manner promise fortune weigh means wish herald norm purse

Adjective(177 words)

tight petty monstrous coarse fulsome atrocious brutal rigorous modest flagrant thoughtless homely cranky sordid jejune watery irritable abominable paltry austere

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shameful unthinking obnoxious unfriendly unkempt worthless odious execrable fractious meretricious noxious heinous venomous insignificant formidable greedy ineffectual hateful fanatical inconsiderate contemptible scanty strenuous knotty insensitive frugal nefarious ticklish miserly troublesome disgraceful abstruse pathetic bigoted hidebound laborious subservient arduous pitiable shortsighted harmful churlish selfish banal ruthless irascible herculean straitlaced baleful sleazy thorny dishonorable hurtful surly iniquitous parsimonious scrawny economical merciless indisposed abstemious unpretentious trashy unpleasant testy spiteful troublous unkind unimportant pitiless excitable narrow-minded cantankerous operose nearsighted cross-grained exiguous undistinguished malicious toilsome vexatious ungenerous penurious invidious inglorious mangy unskillful abysmal avaricious unaccommodating snappish unwell lenten uncaring innocuous dwarfish waspish scrimpy valueless ungiving midmost bearish unwashed slavish equidistant unmerciful feisty gimcracky rubbishy uncharitable hard-fought ill-tempered unkindly earthborn baseborn ungenteel difficile halfhearted bad-tempered jawbreaking middle-of-the-road middlemost second-class mean-spirited unnourishing unnutritious small-minded low-grade maleficent ungrateful second-best huffish narrow minded cold-hearted mesial low-quality spleeny low-class lowbred narrow-souled unliberal uncatholic low grade tightfisted third-class tight-fisted fourth-class humblest lowborn declasse nonclerical lowliest shabby-genteel low-minded unchivalrous interjacent poor-spirited

Adj, name, noun, verb(7 words)

common poor grave slight center divine middle

Adj, adv, name, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

near

Adj, verb(32 words)

obscure communicate rugged closed knotted impoverished incarnate difficult disgusting cramped exacting insinuate malign meager intricate crabbed demanding designate debased watered

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ignoble degraded depraved stunted skilled constricted straitened ashamed cankered stinted undignified disobliging

Adj, noun(68 words)

irregular routine vile critical inferior dreary hostile dismal vulgar ascetic exceptional gaudy spartan puny authoritarian disagreeable scurvy insular submissive effective

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Verb(67 words)

develop breathe think involve assume determine intend represent demonstrate suggest perform embody suppose presume identify convey set forth indicate expect specify

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Adj, adv, name, noun(1 words)

midway

Adj, name(3 words)

severe vicious arrant

Name, noun(2 words)

agent equator

Intj, noun, verb(1 words)

hint

Adj, adv, noun(1 words)

indifferent

Adj, adv(6 words)

excellent wonderful beggarly lowly niggardly lowest

Noun(40 words)

system mode machinery agency wealth procedure technique avenue mediocrity ministry nucleus apparatus subsistence generality moderation diameter starvation paraphernalia bigot midriff

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Adj, adv, noun, prep(1 words)

through

Adj, name, noun(5 words)

central interior median midland mediterranean

Adj, intj, noun, verb(1 words)

sorry

Adj, adv, det, noun, verb(1 words)

scant

Adj, adv, intj, noun, verb(1 words)

okay

Adj, adv, verb(1 words)

sickly

Adv, intj(4 words)

absolutely not at all amidships midships

Name, verb(1 words)

argue

Adj, name, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

par

Adverb(8 words)

positively certainly definitely surely assuredly at all events but good at any cost

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Adj, adv, name(1 words)

halfway

Adv, noun(1 words)

wherewithal

Adj, adv, intj(1 words)

of course

Prep_phrase(10 words)

beneath contempt by all means in any case by no means in any event out of the running below the salt on no account in no way without fail

Adj, det(1 words)

insufficient

Adj, name, verb(1 words)

borne

Noun, prep(1 words)

midst

Intj, name, noun, prep(1 words)

via

Phrase(2 words)

by way of no matter what

Adv, intj, noun(1 words)

no way

Preposition(2 words)

by dint of by means of

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