| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ungenerous |
Synonyms: |
close, greedy, mercenary, mingy, miserly, niggard, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, rapacious, scrimpy, selfish, stingy, tight, tight-fisted |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
Antonyms: |
generous, kind, unselfish |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile, rude |
Synonyms: |
bad-tempered, callous, cantankerous, churlish, contemptible, dangerous, despicable, difficult, dirty*, disagreeable, dishonorable, down*, evil, formidable, hard, hard-nosed, ignoble, ill-tempered, infamous, knavish, liverish, lousy*, low-down and dirty, malicious, malign, nasty, perfidious, pesky, rotten, rough, rugged, scurrilous, shameless, sinking, snide, sour, the lowest, touch, treacherous, troublesome, ugly, unfriendly, unpleasant, unscrupulous, vexatious, vicious, vile |
Antonyms: |
compassionate, kind, nice, noble, polite, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor; of or in inferior circumstances |
Synonyms: |
base, beggarly, common, contemptible, down-at-heel, déclassé, hack, humble, ignoble, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, limited, low, lowborn, lowly, mediocre, menial, miserable, modest, narrow, obscure, ordinary, paltry, petty, pitiful, plebeian, proletarian, run-down, scruffy, second-class, second-rate, seedy, servile, shabby*, sordid, squalid, tawdry, undistinguished, unwashed, vulgar, wretched |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average |
Synonyms: |
common, conventional, halfway, intermediate, medial, median, mediocre, medium, middle, middling, normal, popular, standard, traditional |
Antonyms: |
extreme |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | average |
Synonyms: |
balance, center, compromise, happy medium, median, middle, middle course, midpoint, norm, par |
Antonyms: |
extreme |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | signify, convey |
Synonyms: |
add up, adumbrate, allude, allude to, argue, attest, augur, betoken, connote, denote, designate, determine, drive at, express, foreshadow, foretell, herald, hint at, imply, import, indicate, intimate, involve, name, point to, portend, presage, promise, purport, represent, say, speak of, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, tell the meaning of, touch on |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have in mind; intend |
Synonyms: |
aim, anticipate, aspire, contemplate, design, desire, destine, direct, expect, fate, fit, make, match, plan, predestine, preordain, propose, purpose, resolve, set out, suit, want, wish |
| Main Entry: | means |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way, method |
Synonyms: |
agency, agent, aid, apparatus, auspices, avenue, channel, course, dodge*, equipment, expedient, factor, fashion, gimmick, instrument, instrumentality, instrumentation, intermediary, machinery, manner, measure, mechanism, medium, ministry, mode, modus operandi, organ, organization, paraphernalia, path, power, process, road, route, step, stepping-stone, system, tactic, technique, trick, vehicle, ways and means |
| Main Entry: | means |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wealth, resources |
Synonyms: |
ace in the hole, affluence, assets, backing, bankroll, budget, bundle, capital, dough, estate, finances, fortune, funds, holdings, income, intangibles, kitty, money, nest egg, nut*, pocket, possessions, property, purse, rainy day, reserves, revenue, riches, savings, securities, sock, stake, stuff, substance, ways and means, wherewithal |
Antonyms: |
paucity, poorness, shame |
| Concept: | Mean. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
mean, medium, intermedium, average, balance, mediocrity, generality; median, mode; golden mean (mid-course) [more]; middle; compromise; middle course, middle state; neutrality.
-verbs
split the difference; take the average; reduce to a mean; strike a balance, pair off.
-adjectives
mean, intermediate; middle; average; neutral; mediocre, middle-class; commonplace (unimportant).
-adverbs
on an average, in the long run; taking one with another, taking all things together, taking it for all in all; communibus annis, in round numbers.
-phrases
medium tenuere beati.
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