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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mediocre, satisfactory |
| Synonyms: | adequate, all right, average, common, commonplace, decent, fairish, indifferent, intermediate, mean, medium, middling, moderate, not bad, okay, ordinary, passable, pretty good, reasonable, respectable, satisfactory, so-so, tolerable, up to standard, usual |
| Notes: | a fair (noun) is a traveling show or carnival or a gathering of producers to promote business - fair (adjective) means free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception, or very pleasing to the eye, or not excessive or extreme; fare (noun) is the sum charged for transportation, or the food and drink that are regularly consumed - fare (verb) to get along or proceed |
| Main Entry: | medium |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | midway, average |
| Synonyms: | common, commonplace, fair, fairish, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediocre, middle, middling, moderate, neutral, normal, ordinary, par, passable, popular, run-of-the-mill, so-so, standard, tolerable |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
| 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 |
| 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: | 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: | fair to middling |
| 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: | goodish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acceptable |
| Synonyms: | A-OK, adequate, admissible, all right, average, big*, common, cooking with gas, cool*, copacetic, decent, delightful, fair, fairish, hep, hip*, hunky-dory, in the swim, kosher*, large, moderate, okay, on the ball, on the beam, passable, peachy keen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | OK |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acceptable |
| Synonyms: | A-OK, adequate, admissible, all right, average, big*, common, cooking with gas, cool*, copacetic, decent, delightful, fair, fairish, goodish, hep, hip*, hunky-dory, in the swim, kosher*, large, moderate, okay, on the ball, on the beam, passable, peachy keen, pleasant, pleasing, respectable, right on, satisfactory, standard, sufficient, swell*, tolerable, trendy, unexceptional, unobjectionable, up to code, up to snuff, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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