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View usage for: (miːdioʊkəʳ) adjectiveIf you describe something as mediocre, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better. [disapproval] His school record was mediocre. ...mediocre music. Synonyms: second-rate, average, ordinary, indifferent More Synonyms of mediocre mediocre in British English (ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə, ˈmiːdɪˌəʊkə) adjectiveaverage or ordinary in quality a mediocre book Word origin C16: via French from Latin mediocris moderate, literally: halfway up the mountain, from medius middle + ocris stony mountain mediocre in American English (ˌmidiˈoʊkər; ˈmidiˌoʊkər) adjective1. neither very good nor very bad; ordinary; average 2. not good enough; inferior Word origin Fr médiocre < L mediocris < medius, middle (see mid 1) + ocris, a peak < IE base * a-, sharp > L acerExamples of 'mediocre' in a sentencemediocre In other languagesmediocre British English: mediocre ADJECTIVE If you describe something as mediocre, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better. His school record was mediocre. - American English: mediocre
- Brazilian Portuguese: medíocre
- Chinese: 平庸的
- European Spanish: mediocre
- French: médiocre
- German: mittelmäßig
- Italian: mediocre
- Japanese: 平凡な
- Korean: 그저 그런
- European Portuguese: medíocre
- Latin American Spanish: mediocre
Chinese translation of 'mediocre'Definition not very high quality His university record was mediocre. Synonyms vanilla (slang) insignificant bog-standard (British, Irish, slang) half-pie (New Zealand, informal) fair to middling (informal) meh (slang) Opposites excellent , extraordinary , superb , distinguished , superior , distinctive , unrivalled , incomparable , unsurpassed , unexcelled Additional synonymsDefinition mediocre or inferior I was only average academically. Synonyms mediocre, fair, ordinary, moderate, pedestrian, indifferent, not bad, middling, insignificant, so-so (informal), banal, second-rate, middle-of-the-road, tolerable (informal), run-of-the-mill, passable, undistinguished, uninspired, unexceptional, bog-standard (British, Irish, slang), no great shakes (informal), fair to middling (informal), vanilla (slang) Definition lacking originality The text is banal. Synonyms unoriginal, stock, ordinary, boring, tired, routine, dull, everyday, stereotypical, pedestrian, commonplace, mundane, tedious, vanilla (slang), dreary, stale, tiresome, monotonous, humdrum, threadbare, trite, unimaginative, uneventful, uninteresting, clichéd, old hat, mind-numbing, hackneyed, ho-hum (informal), vapid, repetitious, wearisome, platitudinous, cliché-ridden, unvaried Definition dull or unoriginal The practice was virtually unheard of twenty years ago, but has now become commonplace. Synonyms everyday, common, ordinary, widespread, pedestrian, customary, mundane, vanilla (slang), banal, run-of-the-mill, humdrum, dime-a-dozen (informal), trite, uninterestingAdditional synonymsDefinition of only average standard or quality She had starred in several indifferent movies. Synonyms mediocre, middling, average, fair, ordinary, moderate, insignificant, unimportant, so-so (informal), immaterial, passable, undistinguished, uninspired, of no consequence, no great shakes (informal), half-pie (New Zealand, informal) Definition of poor quality These recordings are of inferior quality. Synonyms substandard, bad, poor, mean, worse, poorer, pants (informal), flawed, rotten (informal), dire, indifferent, duff (British, informal), mediocre, second-class, deficient, imperfect, second-rate, shoddy, low-grade, unsound, downmarket, low-rent (informal), for the birds (informal), wretched, two-bit (slang), crappy (slang), no great shakes (informal), poxy (slang), dime-a-dozen (informal), piss-poor (slang), chickenshit (US, slang), bush-league (Australian, New Zealand, informal), not much cop (British, slang), tinhorn (US, slang), half-pie (New Zealand, informal), of a sort or of sorts, strictly for the birds (informal), end-of-the-pier (British, informal), bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang) Definition neither very good nor very bad They enjoyed only middling success until 1963. Synonyms mediocre, all right, indifferent, so-so (informal), unremarkable, tolerable (informal), run-of-the-mill, passable, serviceable, unexceptional, half-pie (New Zealand, informal), O.K. or okay (informal) The album is no great shakes. Synonyms unexceptional, mediocre, not very good, rubbish, pedestrian, crap (slang), indifferent, unremarkable, run-of-the-mill, uninspiring, undistinguished, unimpressive, nothing to write home about (informal), half-pie (New Zealand, informal) Definition dull or unexciting The food here is cheap, but very ordinary. Synonyms average, middling, fair, indifferent, not bad, mediocre, so-so (informal), unremarkable, tolerable (informal), run-of-the-mill, passable, undistinguished, uninspired, unexceptional, bog-standard (British, Irish, slang), no great shakes (informal), dime-a-dozen (informal) Definition adequate or acceptable The meal was passable, but nothing special. Synonyms adequate, middling, average, fair, all right, ordinary, acceptable, moderate, fair enough, mediocre, so-so (informal), tolerable, not too bad, allowable, presentable, admissible, unexceptional, half-pie (New Zealand, informal) Definition dull or commonplace His style is so pedestrian that the book is really boring. Synonyms dull, flat, ordinary, boring, commonplace, mundane, mediocre, plodding, banal, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, humdrum, unimaginative, uninteresting, uninspired, ho-hum (informal), no great shakes (informal), half-pie (New Zealand, informal) Definition ordinary or average I was a run-of-the-mill kind of student. Synonyms ordinary, middling, average, fair, modest, commonplace, common, vanilla (informal), mediocre, banal, tolerable (informal), passable, undistinguished, unimpressive, unexciting, unexceptional, bog-standard (British, Irish, slang), no great shakes (informal), dime-a-dozen (informal) Definition neither good nor bad Their lunch was only so-so. Synonyms average, middling, fair, ordinary, moderate, adequate, respectable, indifferent, not bad (informal), tolerable, run-of-the-mill, passable, undistinguished, fair to middling (informal), O.K. or okay (informal) Definition fairly good Is there anywhere tolerable to eat in town? Synonyms fair, O.K. or okay (informal), middling, average, all right, ordinary, acceptable, reasonable, good enough, adequate, indifferent, not bad (informal), mediocre, so-so (informal), run-of-the-mill, passable, unexceptional, fairly good, fair to middling Additional synonymsDefinition not particularly good or bad his short and undistinguished career as an art student Synonyms ordinary, mediocre, unremarkable, everyday, pedestrian, indifferent, commonplace, vanilla (informal), so-so (informal), prosaic, run-of-the-mill, unimpressive, unexciting, unexceptional, no great shakes (informal), nothing to write home about (informal) Definition not particularly good or exciting The script was singularly uninspired. Synonyms unexciting, banal, unimaginative, stock, ordinary, dull, indifferent, commonplace, vanilla (informal), stale, prosaic, uninspiring, humdrum, uninteresting, unoriginal |