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meanadj.1 being about midway between extremes of amount or sizefor the state of Florida, what is the mean number of sunny days per month? average, intermediate, median, medium, middle, middling, midsize(also midsized), moderate, modest reasonablecommon, commonplace, conventional, normal, popular, regular, routine, standard, typical, usualadequate, passable, tolerable excessive, extremeexceptional, rare, strange, uncommon, unusualdistinctive, idiosyncratic, special, uniqueindividual, peculiar, private belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rankAlexander Hamilton seems to have had feelings of inferiority because of his mean origins baseborn, common, humble, ignoble, inferior, low, low-life, lowborn, lower-class, lowly, lumpen, plebeian, prole, proletarian, unwashed, vulgar bourgeois, middle-classplain, poor, simple, working-classdéclassé, down-market, downscale aristocratic, blue-blooded, genteel, gentle, grand, great, high, highborn, highbred, lofty, noble, patrician, upper-class, upper-crust, wellborn eminent, illustrious, notable, prominent giving or sharing as little as possiblea mean child who hoarded all her toys cheap, chintzy, close, closefisted, mingy, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, spare, sparing, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous careful, chary, conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, saving, scrimping, skimping, thriftyacquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, greedy, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious, selfish, shabby, small, sordidbegrudging, envious, grudging, resentfulinhospitable bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting altruistic, selfless, unselfishextravagant, free, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profusebeneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic(also philanthropical)compassionate, good-hearted, greathearted, kindly, magnanimous, openheartedthriftless, unthriftydissipating, frittering, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, splurging, squandering, wasteful, wasting having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of ita mean, embittered old woman who wanted company for her misery bad(slang), bitchy, catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, nasty, spiteful, vicious, virulent devious, scoundrelly, scurvy, snakelikeacrimonious, bitter, envious, jaundiced, jealous, rancorous, resentful, vindictive, vitrioliccontemptuous, deprecating, derogatory, disdainful, disparaging, mean-spirited, obnoxious, opprobrious, scornful, snide, snotty, unkind, unkindly, unlovingbaleful, baneful, evilharsh, hostile, inimicalacrid, caustic, poisonous, scathing, venomous benevolent, benign, benignant, loving, unmalicious compassionate, good, good-hearted, kind, kindhearted, kindly, sympathetic, warm, warmheartedaffable, agreeable, amiable, cordial, friendly, genial, gracious, nice, pleasantaffectionate, amorous, sweet, tender, tenderheartedhumanealtruistic, high-minded, humanitarian, magnanimous, noble, philanthropic(also philanthropical) not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decencya mean trick to play on a trusting person base, contemptible, currish, despicable, detestable, dirty, dishonorable, execrable, ignoble, ignominious, low, low-down, low-minded, nasty, paltry, snide, sordid, vile, wretched bad, black, evil, foul, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, wicked, wrongcruel, viciousblamable, blameworthy, censurable, reprehensiblecorrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, pervertedatrocious, villainousunethical, unprincipled, unscrupulousdiscreditable, disgraceful, disreputable, shameful, unworthy high, high-minded, honorable, lofty, noble, straight, upright, venerable, virtuous ethical, honest, just, principled, righteous, right-minded, scrupulouscommendable, excellent, exemplary, good, moral, rightdecent, proper, reputable, respectable, seemlyblameless, guiltlessincorruptible, irreproachableuncorrupted, unerring of little or less value or meritit's no mean feat to memorize that long poem inferior, minor, second-class, second-rate, secondary junior, lesser, lower, low-level, petty, smaller, subordinate, underaverage, common, fair, middling, ordinaryamiss, bad, defective, unsatisfactory, wrongdeficient, inadequate, insufficient, unacceptablelittler, slighter, smallerjerkwater, low-rent, one-horse, small-time, two-bit greater, higher, superior major, more, primary, seniorchoice, exceptional, first-class, first-rate, high-grade, premium, prime, select, selectedacceptable, adequate, sufficient of the very best kindI'm a mean dancer, so you could do worse than go to the prom with me A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner, beautiful, blue-chip, blue-ribbon, boffo, bonny(also bonnie, chiefly British), boss(slang), brag, brave, bully, bumper, capital, choice, classic, cool(slang), corking, crackerjack, cracking, dandy, divine, dope(slang), down(slang), dynamite, excellent, fab, fabulous, famous, fantabulous(slang), fantastic, fine, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, four-star, frontline, gangbusters(also gangbuster), gilt-edged(or gilt-edge), gone(slang), grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-class, hot, hype(slang), immense, jim-dandy, keen, lovely, marvelous(or marvellous), neat, nifty, noble, number one(also No. 1), numero uno, out-of-sight(slang), par excellence, peachy, peachy keen, phat(slang), prime, primo(slang), prize, prizewinning, quality, radical(slang), righteous(slang), sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, top-of-the-line, top-shelf, topflight, topping(chiefly British), unsurpassed, wizard(chiefly British), wonderful acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, good, OK(or okay), passable, satisfactory, tolerablebetter, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, high-test, premium, select, special, superfineclassical, standard, traditional out of this world, too much atrocious, awful, execrable, lousy, pathetic, poor, rotten, terrible, vile, wretched bad, inferior, low-grade, substandard, unsatisfactorymediocre, middling, second-class, second-rate showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglecthe worked hard to escape the mean neighborhood of his youth beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels(or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels), dumpy, grungy, mangy, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, ratty, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, sleazy, tacky, tatterdemalion, tatty, threadbare, timeworn, tumbledown abandoned, unkeptdesolate, forlorn, godforsakenbroken-down, decrepit, tired, worn-outbedraggled, dingy, ragged, tattereddecaying, deteriorated, deteriorating, rackety, ramshackle, rattletrap, ricketybroken, damaged, destroyed, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, ruined, wrecked gone to seed brand-new, fresh, newcared-for, kept-up, maintainedmended, patched, rebuilt, reconstructedsmart, spiffy, spruce arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgustthat was no mean stunt to pull off, especially with so little advance preparation cheap, contemptible, cruddy, deplorable, despicable, dirty, grubby, lame, lousy, nasty, paltry, pitiable, pitiful, ratty, scabby, scummy, scurvy, sneaking, sorry, wretched abhorrent, abominable, condemnable, detestable, execrable, hateful, loathsome, odiousdisgusting, reptilian, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, revulsivediscreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, ignominious, shamefulbase, ignoble, low, shabby, sordid, squalid, vileblamable, censurable, reprehensible, reproachablecowardly, craven, dastardlyunethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous admirable, commendable, creditable, laudable, meritorious, praiseworthy high-minded, honest, honorable, noble, principled, redoubtable, reputable, right-minded, scrupulous, uprightethical, good, moral, right, righteous, virtuous a middle point between extremesthat candidate's moderate views were seen as the mean that voters were looking for golden mean, medium, middle, middle ground, midpoint arithmetic mean, averagemedian, norm, par, standard middle of the road maximum, utmostminimum means pl.an action planned or taken to achieve a desired resultwon the competition by fair and honest means expedient, measure, move, shift, step act, action, deed, doing, feat, thingcourse, procedure, proceeding, processaccomplishment, achievement, attainment, coup, exploit, success, triumphactivity, affair, business, dealing, enterprise, eventattempt, crack, endeavor, essay, fling, go, initiative, operation, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, undertaking, whackeffort, exertion, labor, pains, trouble, while, workproject, proposal, propositionmakeshift, resort, resource, stopgapcountermeasure, countermove, counterstep means pl.something used to achieve an endthe ends don't justify the means agency, agent, instrument, instrumentality, machinery, medium, ministry, organ, vehicle determinant, expedient, factor, influence, ingredient, mechanism, toolweaponactivator, animator, catalyst, driver, energizer, executor, generator, impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, instigator, launcher, mover, power, stimulus, triggerantecedent, cause, occasion, reasonsubagency, subagent means pl.the total of one's money and propertya woman of considerable means assets, capital, fortune, opulence, riches, substance, wealth, wherewithal, worth belongings, chattels, effects, holdings, paraphernalia, possessions, thingsbankroll, deep pockets, finances, funds, money, walletabundance, affluence, prosperity, successtreasure, valuablesaccession, acquisition, personal property, personalty, propertynest egg, reserve, resources, savings, treasury debts, liabilitiesindebtedness to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mindthe national anthem means various things to various people denote, express, import, intend, signify, spell connote, imply, suggestadd up (to), amount (to)hint, infer, insinuate, intimateembody, epitomize, personify, represent, symbol, symbolizeadvert, allude (to), cite, instance, mention, refer (to), specify, touch (on or upon)designate, indicate, point (to), signalannounce, declare, proclaimelucidate, explain to be of importanceyour presence at my graduation would mean a lot to me count, import, matter, signify, weigh affect, concern, influence, swayadd up (to), amount (to) carry weight, cut ice to have in mind as a purpose or goalI mean to win this race aim, allow(chiefly Southern & Midland), aspire, calculate, contemplate, design, go(chiefly Southern & Midland), intend, look, meditate, plan, propose, purport, purpose dream, hope, wishconsider, debate, mull (over), ponderattempt, endeavor, strive, struggle, tryplot, schemeaccomplish, achieve, effect, execute, perform figure on to serve as a sign or symptom ofthese colder nights mean autumn has truly arrived before the 12th century |