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| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | average |
| Synonyms: | balance, center, compromise, happy medium, median, middle, norm, par, middle course, midpoint |
| 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: | extreme |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ungenerous |
| Synonyms: | close, greedy, mercenary, miserly, parsimonious, penny-pinching*, penurious, rapacious, selfish, stingy, tight, mingy, niggard, scrimpy, tight-fisted |
| Antonyms: | generous, kind, unselfish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | signify, convey |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, allude, argue, attest, augur, betoken, connote, denote, designate, determine, drive at*, express, foreshadow, foretell, herald, imply, import, indicate, intimate, involve, name, portend, presage, promise, purport, represent, say, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, add up, allude to, hint at, point to, speak of, tell the meaning of, touch on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, lousy*, malicious, malign, nasty, perfidious, pesky, rotten, rough, rugged, scurrilous, shameless, sinking, snide, sour, touch, treacherous, troublesome, ugly, unfriendly, unpleasant, unscrupulous, vexatious, vicious, vile, liverish, low-down and dirty, the lowest |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, kind, nice, noble, polite, sympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, preordain, propose, purpose, resolve, suit, want, wish, predestine, set out |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor; of or in inferior circumstances |
| Synonyms: | base, beggarly, common, contemptible, hack, humble, ignoble, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, limited, low, lowly, mediocre, menial, miserable, modest, narrow, obscure, ordinary, paltry, petty, pitiful, plebeian, run-down*, scruffy*, second-rate, seedy*, servile, shabby*, sordid, squalid, tawdry, undistinguished, vulgar, wretched, down-at-heel, déclassé, lowborn, proletarian, second-class, unwashed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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, intermediary, machinery, manner, measure, mechanism, medium, ministry, mode, modus operandi, organ, organization, paraphernalia, path, power, process, road, route, step, system, tactic, technique, trick, vehicle, ways and means*, instrumentation, stepping-stone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, kitty*, money, nest egg*, nut*, pocket, property, purse, rainy day, revenue, riches, savings, sock*, stake, stuff, substance, ways and means*, wherewithal, intangibles, possessions, reserves, securities |
| Antonyms: | paucity, poorness, shame |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
split the difference; take the average; reduce to a mean; strike a balance, pair off.
-adjectives
-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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| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | point or direct at a goal |
| Synonyms: | address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set one's sights on, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equal, add up to |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, approach, approximate, become, correspond, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, check with, come to, develop into |
| Main Entry: | appalling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrifying |
| Synonyms: | alarming, astounding, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, fearful, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grim, gross*, harrowing, heavy*, hideous, horrible, intimidating, mean, shocking, terrible, terrifying, daunting, disheartening, dismaying, grody, horrid, horrific, petrifying, scaring, the end, unnerving |
| Antonyms: | comforting, encouraging, satisfying, reassuring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | normal, typical amount |
| Synonyms: | mean, median, medium, middle, norm, par, rule, standard, usual, midpoint |
| Antonyms: | abnormality, exception, extreme, unusual |
| Main Entry: | awesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amazing |
| Synonyms: | alarming, astonishing, awe-inspiring, awful, beautiful, breathtaking, dreadful, exalted, fearful, formidable, frantic, frightening, grand, hairy*, horrible, imposing, impressive, intimidating, magnificent, majestic, mean, mind-blowing*, moving, nervous, overwhelming, shocking, striking, stunning, terrible, terrifying, wonderful, wondrous, daunting, fearsome, horrifying, real gone, something else, stupefying, zero cool |
| Antonyms: | unamazing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, low |
| Synonyms: | abject, abominable, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, foul, humble, ignoble, immoral, indelicate, loathsome, lowly, mean, menial, offensive, paltry, pitiful, plebeian, poor, scandalous, servile, shameful, shoddy, sleazy, sordid, sorry, squalid, trashy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched, grovelling |
| Antonyms: | good, honest, moral, noble |
| Main Entry: | belligerent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, argumentative |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, antagonistic, ardent, bellicose, cantankerous, combative, contentious, fierce, fighting, flip, hostile, hot, hot-tempered, mean, militant, ornery, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent, warlike, at loggerheads, battling, have a bone to pick, have chip on shoulder, have it in for, on the outs, scrappy |
| Antonyms: | cooperative, helping, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | catty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, malicious |
| Synonyms: | backbiting, evil, hateful, ill-natured, malevolent, mean, spiteful, venomous, vicious, wicked, rancorous |
| Antonyms: | kind, nice, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | middle |
| Synonyms: | deepest, equidistant, inmost, inner, innermost, inside, interior, intermediary, intermediate, internal, mean, medial, mid, at halfway point, centermost, middlemost, midpoint, midway |
| Antonyms: | bordering, exterior, marginal, outside, peripheral, edging |
| Main Entry: | central |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | main, principal; in the middle |
| Synonyms: | basic, cardinal, center, chief, dominant, equidistant, essential, focal, foremost, fundamental, important, inmost, inner, interior, intermediate, key, leading, master, mean, median, mid, middle, outstanding, overriding, paramount, pivotal, predominant, primary, prime, radical, ruling, salient, significant, axial, centric, centroidal, middlemost, midmost, midway, nuclear, omphalic, umbilical |
| Antonyms: | exterior, minor, outside, peripheral, secondary |
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