Synonyms for mediocre
ˌmi diˈoʊ kərmedi·ocre

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1. mediocreadjective

   Synonyms:
   middling

2. mediocreadjective

   Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality;

   I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.

   Synonyms:
   middling

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1. mediocre, second-rateadjective

   moderate to inferior in quality

   "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"

   Synonyms:
   fair, second-rate, average, middling

   Antonyms:
   superior, good, extraordinary

2. average, fair, mediocre, middlingadjective

   lacking exceptional quality or ability

   "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"

   Synonyms:
   mean(a), modal(a), second-rate, reasonable, intermediate, fair(a), medium, bonnie, comely, middling, bonny, ordinary, just, average, median(a), sightly, clean, fair, fairish, honest

   Antonyms:
   good, extraordinary, superior

3. mediocreadjective

   poor to middling in quality

   "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"

   Synonyms:
   fair, second-rate, average, middling

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary, good, superior

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. banalise

   just an ordinary like any other

   Submitted by acronimous on December 12, 2017  

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1. mediocreadjective

   Synonyms:
   middling, ordinary, medium, commonplace

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1. List of paraphrases for "mediocre":

   poor, run-of-the-mill, lacklustre, lackluster

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1. So Katie:

   When we were deciding whether to meet up or not, I told Dalton I'd rather be happy -- like really, really happy -- for five years of my life and die sooner than be mediocre happy and live for twenty years, that was definitely something I had to think about, but when you have those feelings, you just know.

2. Albert Einstein, quoted in New York Times, March 13, 1940:

   Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.

3. Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver:

   Implementation is key, but in the mean time, events keep intervening, and there are serial disappointments, and what (International Monetary Fund Managing Director) Christine Lagarde has called 'the new mediocre' is something that we seem to be confronting.

4. Joe Collins:

   Gavin has been less than mediocre for California.

5. So Katie:

   I told Dalton I'd rather be happy -- like really, really happy -- for five years of my life and die sooner than be mediocre happy and live for twenty years, that was definitely something I had to think about, but when you have those feelings, you just know.