mediocre

Meaning

Adj

Not excellent or outstanding, usually disappointingly so.

Noun

1. A person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim; a common and undistinguished person.
2. (historical) A member of a socioeconomic class between the upper ranks of society and the agricultural workers.

Opposite of

great, distinguished, exceptional, outstanding, remarkable, peculiar, excellent

Synonyms

ordinary

middling

average

common

passable

moderate

commonplace

fair

second-rate

medium

usual

so-so

indifferent

ordinary person

tolerable

average person

ordinary people

plain

poor

prosaic

monotonous

regular

unremarkable

bad

👎

satisfactory

fair to middling

bush-league

untalented

worldling

worthless

medium quality

very ordinary

all-too-common

acceptable

quite commonplace

adequate

banality

bush

feeble

flat

forgettable

inferior

lackluster

lacklustre

mean

mediocrity

mine run

neutral

normal

not bad

Translations

médiocre

mediocre

mediocre

medíocre

mittelmäßig

μέτριος

mediocre

mediocris

medioker

middelmatig

mediano

moyen

Mittelmäßigkeit

Alltäglichkeit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə/

Etymology

From the late Middle English medioker, from the French médiocre, from the Middle French médiocre, from the Classical Latin mediocris (“in a middle state”, “of middle size”, “middling”, “moderate”, “ordinary”, from medius (“middle”) + ocris (“rugged mountain”)); compare mediocrely and mediocrity.

Sentences

The game had mediocre reception .