| Main Entry: | fair to middling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reasonably good |
Synonyms: |
acceptable, adequate, can't complain, fair, fairish, indifferent, mediocre, middling, moderate, modest, ok, passable, so-so |
| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | normal, typical |
Synonyms: |
boilerplate, common, commonplace, customary, dime a dozen, everyday, fair, fair to middling, familiar, garden*, garden-variety, general, humdrum*, intermediate, mainstream, mediocre, medium, middle of the road, middling, moderate, nowhere, ordinary, passable, plastic, regular, run of the mill, so-so, standard, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual |
Antonyms: |
abnormal, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, extreme, outstanding, unusual |
| Main Entry: | decent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sufficient, tolerable |
Synonyms: |
acceptable, adequate, all right, ample, average, comfortable, common, competent, enough, fair, fair to middling, good, mediocre, middling, moderately good, passable, presentable, reasonable, respectable, right, satisfactory, sufficing, unexceptional, unimpeachable, unobjectionable |
Antonyms: |
indecent, insufficient, intolerable, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | equitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impartial |
Synonyms: |
candid, cricket, decent, disinterested, dispassionate, due, ethical, even-handed, even-steven, fair, fair and square, fair shake, fair-to-middling, honest, impersonal, just, level, moral, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, proper, proportionate, reasonable, right, rightful, square, square deal, stable, unbiased, uncolored, unprejudiced |
| Notes: | equable means steady or unvarying and far from extremes; equitable means fair and impartial |
Antonyms: |
biased, disproportionate, partial, prejudiced, unequitable, unfair, unjust, unreasonable |
| Main Entry: | mediocre |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average, commonplace |
Synonyms: |
characterless, colorless, common, conventional, decent, dull, fair, fair to middling, fairish, humdrum*, indifferent, inferior, insignificant, intermediate, mainstream, mean, medium, middling, moderate, no great shakes, of poor quality, ordinary, passable, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, so-so, standard, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, uninspired, vanilla |
Antonyms: |
exceptional, extraordinary, inferior, superior, unusual |
| Main Entry: | moderate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fair, average, so-so |
Synonyms: |
bland, fair to middling, fairish, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indifferent, intermediate, mean, mediocre, medium, middling, ordinary, paltry, passable, piddling, trifling, trivial, unexceptional |
Antonyms: |
considerable, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, liberal, significant |
| Main Entry: | run-of-the-mill |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average |
Synonyms: |
common, commonplace, customary, dime a dozen, everyday, fair, fair to middling, garden-variety, humdrum, intermediate, mainstream, mediocre, medium, middle of the road, middling, ordinary, regular, routine, so-so, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual |
| Main Entry: | so-so |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in an acceptable manner |
Synonyms: |
adequate, average, enough, fair, fair to middling, fair to middling, fairish, indifferent, mediocre, medium, middling, moderate, not bad, not bad, okay, okay*, ordinary, passable, passable, respectable, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mill, tolerable, undistinguished |
Antonyms: |
different, distinguished, excellent, exceptional |
| Main Entry: | tolerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acceptable, good enough |
Synonyms: |
adequate, all right, allowable, average, bearable, better than nothing, common, decent, endurable, fair, fair to middling, fairly good, goodish, indifferent, livable, mediocre, middling, not bad, okay*, ordinary, passable, presentable, respectable, run-of-the-mill, satisfactory, so-so, sufferable, sufficient, supportable, sustainable, tidy, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unimpeachable |
Antonyms: |
bad, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable |
| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
low, low, barbaresque, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, base, base, below par, boorish, born within sound of Bow, churlish, clownish, cockney, common, demotic, dunghull, earth, homespun, ignoble, loutish, mean, menial, mushroom, no great shakes, obscure, of low extraction, of low origin, of low parentage, of mean extraction, of mean origin, of mean parentage, philodemic, plebeian, proletarian, proletariat, raffish, risen from the ranks, rude, rustic, scrubby, snobbish, sorry, subaltern, uncivilized, underling, unknown to fame, unlicked, untitled, vile, vulgar
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