Synonyms for average
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Mediocre — neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category
mediocre, middling, moderate, so-so informal, fair, tolerable, decent, middle, not bad, acceptable, passable, indifferent, medium dated, mid slang
2. Ordinary — typical
ordinary AU NZ, common, normal, typical, standard, run-of-the-mill, regular, general, usual, par UK, everyday, unexceptional, medial, unremarkable, conventional, bog-standard informal, routine, commonplace, habitual, customary, vulgar, garden variety
Other
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
I soon found I was only an average chess player.
- adj. 2
Typical.
The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product.
- n. 1
Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
You need to show some averages in an executive summary, show some samples of raw data in the document body, and move the full raw data to an appendix.
Related words
- Word family
- averagely averageness
- Phrases
- average out arithmetic average below average moving average rolling average slugging average weighted average
- Is a kind of
- mean
Forms
- Plural
- averages → norms, mediocrities…
Example sentences
- decent No decent human being could possibly believe this.
- mediocre Don't excuse yourself into living a mediocre life.
- tolerable All sorrows should be tolerable, even if they are great.
- middling Voters of the middling sort don't see it that way.
- normal The patient's pulse and blood pressure are normal.
- typical The typical Japanese person doesn't speak English.
By length
- 3 letters
- mid1, par1
- 4 letters
- mean1, fair1, norm1
- 5 letters
- usual3, modal2
- 6 letters
- middle2, common2, normal2, medium3, decent2, median3, vulgar2, medial3
- 7 letters
- general3, regular3, typical3, routine2
- 8 letters
- standard2, everyday3, ordinary4, moderate3, inferior4, mediocre4, habitual4, middling3, passable3
- 9 letters
- customary4, tolerable4
- 10 letters
- acceptable4, mediocrity5
- 11 letters
- indifferent3, commonplace3
- 12 letters
- conventional4, intermediate5, unremarkable5
- 13 letters
- unexceptional
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (usual3 = 3 syllables).