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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | normal, typical amount |
| Synonyms: | mean, median, medium, middle, midpoint, norm, par, rule, standard, usual |
| Antonyms: | abnormality, exception, extreme, unusual |
| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obtain numerical mean |
| Synonyms: | balance, equate, even out |
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| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
barbaresque, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, base, base, below par, boorish, born within sound of Bow, churlish, clownish, cockney, common, demotic, dunghull, earth, homespun, ignoble, loutish, low, low, mean, menial, mushroom, no great shakes, obscure, of low extraction, of low origin, of low parentage, of mean extraction, of mean origin, of mean parentage, philodemic, plebeian, proletarian, proletariat, raffish, risen from the ranks, rude, rustic, scrubby, snobbish, sorry, subaltern, uncivilized, underling, unknown to fame, unlicked, untitled, vile, vulgar
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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | archetypal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most typical |
| Synonyms: | average, classic, clichéd, conventional, exemplary, hackneyed, model, most characteristic, paradigmatic, prime, quintessential, representative, standard, stereotypical, stock, textbook, trite |
| Antonyms: | atypical, unique |
| 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: | equate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance; think of together |
| Synonyms: | agree, assimilate, associate, average, be commensurate, compare, consider, correspond to, correspond with, equalize, even, hold, level, liken, make equal, match, offset, pair, paragon, parallel, regard, relate, represent, similize, square, tally, treat |
| Antonyms: | disagree, imbalance, unliken |
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