| Main Entry: | unexceptional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ordinary |
Synonyms: |
average, characterless, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, everyday, fair, garden-variety, insignificant, mediocre, modest, no great shakes, normal, nothing special, nothing to write home about, pedestrian, plain, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, so-so, typical, undistinguished, uneventful, unexciting, unimpressive, uninspired, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unremarkable, usual |
| Notes: | unexceptional is ordinary and not outstanding; unexceptionable means not open to objections |
| Main Entry: | acceptable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | satisfactory, agreeable |
Synonyms: |
A-OK, adequate, admissible, all right, average, big*, common, cooking with gas, cool*, copacetic, decent, delightful, fair, hep, hip*, hunky-dory, in the swim, kosher*, large, okay, on the ball, on the beam, passable, peachy keen, pleasant, pleasing, respectable, right on, standard, sufficient, swell*, tolerable, trendy, unexceptional, unobjectionable, up to code, up to snuff, welcome |
Antonyms: |
disagreeable, disturbing, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, unwelcome |
| Main Entry: | adequate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enough, able |
Synonyms: |
acceptable, all right, capable, comfortable, commensurate, competent, decent, equal, fair, passable, requisite, satisfactory, sufficient, sufficing, suitable, tolerable, unexceptional, unobjectionable |
| Notes: | adequate tends toward the qualitative and sufficient toward the quantitative, so adequate is 'suitable to something' and sufficient is 'enough for something' |
Antonyms: |
inadequate, inferior, insufficient, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsuitable, useless |
| Main Entry: | all right |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | satisfactory |
Synonyms: |
acceptable, adequate, appropriate, average, decent, fair, fit, fitting, good, hunky-dory, okay, okey-dokey, passable, proper, satisfying, standard, sufficient, swell*, tolerable, unexceptional, unobjectionable |
Antonyms: |
unsatisfactory |
| 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: | commonplace |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | usual, everyday |
Synonyms: |
boiler plate, characterless, clichéd, colorless, conventional, corny*, customary, dime-a-dozen, familiar, familiar tune, garden variety, hackneyed, humdrum, lowly, mainstream, matter-of-course, mediocre, middle-of-the-road, middling, mundane, natural, normal, obvious, ordinary, pedestrian, plebeian, prevalent, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, stale, starch, stereotyped, threadbare, trite, typical, uneventful, unexceptional, uninteresting, unnoteworthy, vanilla, widespread, workaday, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
exceptional, infrequent, peculiar, rare, uncommon, 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: | everyday |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common |
Synonyms: |
accustomed, average, commonplace, conventional, customary, daily, dime a dozen, dull, familiar, frequent, garden variety, habitual, informal, lowly, mainstream, middle-of-the-road, mundane, normal, ordinary, per diem, plain, prosaic, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill, stock, unexceptional, unimaginative, unremarkable, usual, vanilla, whitebread, wonted, workaday |
Antonyms: |
abnormal, different, exceptional, special, uncommon, unexpected, unfamiliar, unusual |
| 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: | middling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adequate, okay |
Synonyms: |
all right, average, common, conventional, decent, fair, fairish, good, indifferent, intermediate, mean, mediocre, medium, moderate, modest, okay, ordinary, passable, run-of-the-mill, so-so, tolerable, traditional, unexceptional, unremarkable |
Antonyms: |
exceptional, extraordinary |