Synonyms for mid
- adjective
Most common
middle meh middling unexceptional sub-standard lousy mid-range
Definitions
- adj. 1
Mediocre; of middling quality.
- adj. 2
Trashy; low-quality.
Related words
- Phrases
- mid fade
Example sentences
- middle He often breaks into the middle of a conversation.
- meh "Where do you want to sit? The sofa or the chair?" "Meh, either one's fine."
- middling Voters of the middling sort don't see it that way.
- lousy Back in the 1990s, Algeria had lousy infrastructure.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mid | rising | |
| middle | steady | |
| meh | rising | |
| middling | rising | |
| unexceptional | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1, meh
- 4 letters
- mean1, base1, crap1, punk1
- 5 letters
- lousy2
- 6 letters
- middle2
- 7 letters
- average3, scrubby2
- 8 letters
- mediocre4, middling3
- 10 letters
- pedestrian4
- 13 letters
- unexceptional
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lousy2 = 2 syllables).