Mediocre

//ˌmidiˈoʊkəɹ//

Synonyms for "mediocre" (176 found)

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Closest matches (36)

ordinary bad common commonplace adulterated amateur amidships artless average banal base betwixt and between blemished central core damaged decent defective deficient dull

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equatorial equidistant erroneous everyday fair fair to middling fairish fallible

Adjective(6 words)

ordinary average c-grade comme ci comme ça common commonplace

Adjective(2 words)

average fair

Strong matches (52)

Related words (88)

Adjective(2 words)

middling second-rate

midland midmost midships midway minor mixed moderate modest namby pamby namby-pamby no great shakes nondescript normal not bad not comparable not in it not perfect nuclear of a kind of a sort

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Adjective(9 words)

no great shakes not worth writing home about nothing to write home about okayish pedestrian so-so trashy unexceptional uninspiring

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

1 entries

intermediate

More specific

3 entries

C-grade second-rate third-rate

Antonyms

7 entries

distinguished excellent exceptional great outstanding peculiar remarkable

Synonyms

4 entries

common commonplace ordinary second rate

Related terms

10 entries

boring common mean median mediate mediation mediator mediocrely mediocrity medium

coordinate

2 entries

fifth-rate fourth-rate

derived

4 entries

mediocracy mediocreness mediocrist submediocre

has context

1 entries

historical

related to

26 entries

acclaim accomplishment agricultural class common exceptional extraordinary features great mean median mediate mediation mediator mediocrely mediocrity

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similar

5 entries

bad inferior ordinary

Translations

80 translations across 36 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

مُتَوَسِّط adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

adi adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
babat adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
ortabab adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Belarusian

2 entries

пасрэ́дны adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
сярэ́дні adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Bulgarian

1 entries

посре́дствен adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Catalan

1 entries

mediocre adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

平凡 adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
平平 adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
平庸 adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
庸碌 adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Czech

1 entries

průměrný adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Danish

1 entries

middelmådig adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Dutch

1 entries

middelmatig adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Esperanto

3 entries

averaĝa adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
mezbona adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
mezklalita adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Finnish

4 entries

hääppöinen adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
keskinkertainen adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
keskiverto adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
kohtalainen adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

French

2 entries

médiocre adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
médiocre noun (person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim)

Galician

2 entries

mediocre adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
nin arre nin xo adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

German

2 entries

mittelmäßig adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
Mittelmäßige noun (person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim)

Greek

3 entries

μέτριος adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
παρακατιανός adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
μετριότητα noun (person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim)

Hindi

4 entries

औसत adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
औसत दर्जे का adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
दरमियाना adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
दरमियानी adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Hungarian

2 entries

közepes adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
középszerű adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Italian

1 entries

mediocre adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Japanese

4 entries

凡庸な adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
平凡な adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
凡人 noun (person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim)
庸人 noun (person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim)

Korean

1 entries

평범하다 adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Latin

1 entries

mediocris adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Macedonian

2 entries

про́сечен adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
сре́ден adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

middelmådig adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

middelmåtig adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Persian

1 entries

کممایه adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Polish

4 entries

mierny adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
niespecjalny adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
przeciętny adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
średni adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Portuguese

2 entries

medíocre adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
meia-boca adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Romanian

1 entries

mediocru adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Russian

4 entries

зауря́дный adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
нева́жный adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
посре́дственный adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
сре́дний adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

osrednji adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
осредњи adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Slovak

2 entries

priemerný adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
prostredný adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Spanish

1 entries

mediocre adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Swedish

1 entries

medelmåttig adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Tagalog

1 entries

madampat adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Turkish

2 entries

sıradan adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
vasat adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Ukrainian

3 entries

аби́який adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
посере́дній adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
сере́дній adj (having no peculiar or outstanding features)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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I celebrated Bastille day with a baguette, Roquefort and a glass of mediocre French red.

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Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.

Source: tatoeba (906641)

The vast majority of North Americans know English only at a mediocre level.

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To become popular, you need to be mediocre.

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