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fair middling
| Main Entry: |
fair to middling
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reasonably good |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, adequate, can't complain, fair, fairish, indifferent, mediocre, middling, moderate, modest, ok, passable, so-so |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moderate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fair, average, so-so |
| Synonyms: | bland, fair to middling, fairish, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indifferent, intermediate, mean, mediocre, medium, middling, ordinary, paltry, passable, piddling, trifling, trivial, unexceptional |
| Antonyms: | considerable, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, liberal, significant |
| Main Entry: | run-of-the-mill |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average |
| Synonyms: | common, commonplace, customary, dime a dozen, everyday, fair, fair to middling, garden-variety, humdrum, intermediate, mainstream, mediocre, medium, middle of the road, middling, ordinary, regular, routine, so-so, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual |
| Main Entry: | so-so |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in an acceptable manner |
| Synonyms: | adequate, average, enough, fair, fair to middling, fair to middling, fairish, indifferent, mediocre, medium, middling, moderate, not bad, not bad, okay, okay*, ordinary, passable, passable, respectable, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mill, tolerable, undistinguished |
| Antonyms: | different, distinguished, excellent, exceptional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tolerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acceptable, good enough |
| Synonyms: | adequate, all right, allowable, average, bearable, better than nothing, common, decent, endurable, fair, fair to middling, fairly good, goodish, indifferent, livable, mediocre, middling, not bad, okay*, ordinary, passable, presentable, respectable, run-of-the-mill, satisfactory, so-so, sufferable, sufficient, supportable, sustainable, tidy, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unimpeachable |
| Antonyms: | bad, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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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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