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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone proficient at computers, especially a hobbyist |
| Synonyms: | application programmer, computer architect, computer designer, computer jock, key puncher, operator, programmer, systems analyst, systems engineer, systems programmer, systems software specialist, technician |
| Main Entry: | cyberpunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | computer hacker |
| Synonyms: | computer nerd, engineer, geek, hacker, programmer |
| Main Entry: | common |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | low, coarse |
| Synonyms: | Philistine, baseborn, characterless, cheap, colorless, crass, declassé, hack, hackneyed, impure, inferior, low-grade, mean, middling, nondescript, passable, pedestrian, plebeian, poor, prosy, raffish, second-class, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, stale, trite, undistinguished, vulgar |
| Notes: | mutual applies to reciprocal relationships between two or more things; if something is held in common, use 'common' instead |
| Antonyms: | aristocratic, cultured, excellent, high, noble, refined, sophisticated, superior |
| Main Entry: | inferior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, second-rate |
| Synonyms: | average, bad, base, common, déclassé, fair, good-for-nothing, hack*, imperfect, indifferent, junk*, lemon, lousy, low-grade, low-rent, mean, mediocre, middling, ordinary, paltry, poorer, sad, second-class, sorry*, substandard, tawdry, two-bit, worse, wretched |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor; of or in inferior circumstances |
| Synonyms: | base, beggarly, common, contemptible, down-at-heel, déclassé, hack, humble, ignoble, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, limited, low, lowborn, lowly, mediocre, menial, miserable, modest, narrow, obscure, ordinary, paltry, petty, pitiful, plebeian, proletarian, run-down, scruffy, second-class, second-rate, seedy, servile, shabby*, sordid, squalid, tawdry, undistinguished, unwashed, vulgar, wretched |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | second-rate/second-class |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, cheap |
| Synonyms: | cheap and dirty, common, commonplace, déclassé, hack*, low-grade, low-quality, mean, mediocre, poor, shoddy*, substandard, tacky*, tawdry |
| Antonyms: | excellent, first-class, first-rate, great, superior, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | low-grade |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior |
| Synonyms: | average, bad, base, common, déclassé, fair, good-for-nothing, hack*, imperfect, indifferent, junk*, lemon, lousy, low-quality, low-rent, mean, mediocre, middling, ordinary, paltry, poorer, sad, second-class, second-rate, shabby, sorry*, substandard, tawdry, two-bit, worse, wretched |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | low-quality |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior |
| Synonyms: | average, bad, base, common, déclassé, fair, good-for-nothing, hack*, imperfect, indifferent, junk*, lemon, lousy, low-grade, low-rent, mean, mediocre, middling, ordinary, paltry, poorer, sad, second-class, second-rate, shabby, sorry*, substandard, tawdry, two-bit, worse, wretched |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | second-class |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior |
| Synonyms: | average, bad*, base, common, déclassé, fair, good-for-nothing, hack*, imperfect, indifferent, junk*, lemon, lousy, low-grade, low-quality, low-rent, mean, mediocre, middling, ordinary, paltry, poorer, sad, second-rate, shabby, sorry*, substandard, tawdry, two-bit, worse, wretched |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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