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

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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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How to use mediocre in a sentence?

1. Gustave Flaubert, "Madame Bovary", ch. 12:

   ...exaggerated turns of speech conceal mediocre affections: as if the fulness of the soul might not sometimes overflow in the emptiest of metaphors, since no one, ever, can give the exact measurements of his needs, nor of his conceptions, nor of his sufferings, and the human word is like a cracked cauldron upon which we beat out melodies fit for making bears dance when we are trying to move the stars to pity.

2. Tom Robbins:

   The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only way that the mediocre and vile can be transformed, and (c) doing that makes it that. We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

3. Vicente Lim:

   Bear in mind that no matter how small a thing you want to do, plan it ahead of time, think it over and allot a certain time for you to prepare your plans, for a mediocre plan is better than a brilliant unprepared plan that is haphazardly carried out.

4. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   We only share our ignorance with others, infact only it IS capable and contagious for it breeds in unawareness, on the contrary Intelligence belongs to an individual's territory, for his very functioning is 'other worldly' and he stands out from the mediocre crowd. What are YOU!

5. 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.