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  1. mean, mean valueadjective

    an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

    Antonyms:
    generous, unnatural, estimable, rich, nice, abnormal, noble, unskilled

    Synonyms:
    mean value

  2. average, mean(a)adjective

    approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

    "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"

    Antonyms:
    unnatural, unskilled, rich, generous, abnormal, nice, noble, estimable

  3. hateful, meanadjective

    characterized by malice

    "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

    Antonyms:
    unnatural, nice, abnormal, rich, noble, generous, estimable, unskilled

    Synonyms:
    bastardly, miserly, mean(a), base, beggarly, mingy, meanspirited, tight, hateful, average

  4. base, mean, meanspiritedadjective

    having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

    "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

    Antonyms:
    unskilled, generous, rich, estimable, noble, nice, unnatural, abnormal

    Synonyms:
    hateful, tight, mingy, basal, ungenerous, mean(a), humble, base, lowly, average, baseborn, meanspirited, bastardly, beggarly, immoral, miserly

  5. meanadjective

    excellent

    "famous for a mean backhand"

    Antonyms:
    abnormal, estimable, noble, rich, unnatural, unskilled, generous, nice

    Synonyms:
    bastardly, tight, mean(a), base, beggarly, mingy, miserly, meanspirited, hateful, average

  6. beggarly, meanadjective

    marked by poverty befitting a beggar

    "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut"

    Antonyms:
    abnormal, rich, unnatural, nice, noble, generous, estimable, unskilled

    Synonyms:
    bastardly, miserly, mean(a), base, beggarly, mingy, meanspirited, tight, hateful, average

  7. mean, mingy, miserly, tightadjective

    (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

    "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"

    Antonyms:
    generous, unnatural, noble, abnormal, estimable, rich, nice, unskilled

    Synonyms:
    close, pissed, blind drunk, base, mean(a), besotted, slopped, rigorous, mingy, blotto, average, squiffy, pixilated, hateful, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, tight, soused, compressed, meanspirited, sozzled, taut, nasty, plastered, miserly, stiff, stringent, pie-eyed, bastardly, sloshed, smashed, soaked, loaded, wet, beggarly

  8. beggarly, meanadjective

    (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

    Antonyms:
    abnormal, rich, noble, generous, nice, unskilled, unnatural, estimable

    Synonyms:
    bastardly, miserly, mean(a), base, beggarly, mingy, meanspirited, tight, hateful, average

  9. bastardly, meanverb

    of no value or worth

    "I was caught in the bastardly traffic"

    Antonyms:
    generous, noble, abnormal, rich, nice, unnatural, estimable, unskilled

    Synonyms:
    bastardly, misbegot, mean(a), misbegotten, hateful, miserly, spurious, beggarly, base, mingy, meanspirited, tight, average

  10. mean, intendverb

    mean or intend to express or convey

    "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"

    Antonyms:
    estimable, unnatural, abnormal, unskilled, generous, noble, rich, nice

    Synonyms:
    intend, stand for, designate, entail, specify, have in mind, destine, signify, think, imply, think of

  11. entail, imply, meanverb

    have as a logical consequence

    "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

    Antonyms:
    abnormal, estimable, unnatural, unskilled, rich, noble, nice, generous

    Synonyms:
    intend, incriminate, involve, implicate, inculpate, entail, have in mind, connote, stand for, signify, fee-tail, think, imply, think of

  12. mean, intend, signify, stand forverb

    denote or connote

    "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

    Antonyms:
    unnatural, noble, generous, unskilled, abnormal, rich, nice, estimable

    Synonyms:
    entail, signify, typify, hold still for, represent, destine, stand for, imply, symbolise, specify, have in mind, designate, think, correspond, think of, symbolize, intend

  13. intend, mean, thinkverb

    have in mind as a purpose

    "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"

    Antonyms:
    abnormal, nice, generous, unnatural, estimable, noble, rich, unskilled

    Synonyms:
    entail, call back, signify, guess, recollect, imagine, consider, retrieve, call up, destine, reckon, suppose, stand for, imply, cogitate, specify, conceive, designate, think, cerebrate, recall, remember, think of, opine, have in mind, intend, believe

  14. meanverb

    have a specified degree of importance

    "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything"

    Antonyms:
    generous, unskilled, noble, estimable, rich, unnatural, nice, abnormal

    Synonyms:
    intend, stand for, entail, have in mind, signify, think, imply, think of

  15. think of, have in mind, meanverb

    intend to refer to

    "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"

    Antonyms:
    nice, rich, abnormal, generous, noble, unnatural, unskilled, estimable

    Synonyms:
    entail, signify, think up, dream up, entertain, think about, repute, esteem, hatch, stand for, remember, concoct, have in mind, regard as, flirt with, look on, toy with, imply, look upon, think of, take to be, intend, think

  16. meanverb

    destine or designate for a certain purpose

    "These flowers were meant for you"

    Antonyms:
    abnormal, unnatural, unskilled, rich, generous, nice, estimable, noble

    Synonyms:
    intend, stand for, entail, have in mind, signify, think, imply, think of

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD1.0 / 1 vote

  1. mean

    Synonyms:
    µ, x-bar

How to use mean in a sentence?

  1. Adam Sarhan:

    Things are looking positive since the shopping season coincided with a big drop in crude oil, which means lower gas prices, that translates to more disposable income, which could mean stronger retail sales.

  2. Ellen Hanak:

    It's nice for us to have trees and landscapes, but we could do that with half of the water, it's not like it's going to mean the end of our economy or the end of our way of life.

  3. Frank Biermann:

    It would mean that countries have to collaborate forever.

  4. Joe Rundle:

    The German economy isn't fully booming. There aren't significant problems, but there are stutters. And if the Volkswagen scandal deepens, then Brand Germany might lose its appeal, they have an artificially weak currency, and monetary policy should remain loose. Weaker data should ultimately mean the ECB maintains ultra-easy monetary policy, which will be good for Germany.

  5. John Kennedy:

    I can’t vote for you, not if you’re not going to answer the questions, i mean that was embarrassing.

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