Synonyms for mean
Another word for mean is average, normal or hateful. Below are 29 synonyms and 23 related words across 12 senses.
Also searched as: meaner, meanest.
1. adjective: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
- average synonyms
- normal synonyms
2. adjective: characterized by malice
- hateful synonyms
- awful synonyms
- nasty synonyms
3. adjective: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- base synonyms
- meanspirited
- ignoble
4. adjective: marked by poverty befitting a beggar
- beggarly
- poor synonyms
5. adjective: (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
- tight synonyms
- miserly
- mingy
- stingy synonyms
- ungenerous
6. adjective: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
- beggarly
- stingy synonyms
- ungenerous
7. adjective: of no value or worth
- bastardly
- contemptible
8. adjective: very good; of the highest quality
- first-class synonyms
- excellent synonyms
- splendid synonyms
- ripping synonyms
- fantabulous
- superior synonyms
9. noun: an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
- mean value
10. verb: mean or intend to express or convey
- intend synonyms
11. verb: have as a logical consequence
- imply synonyms
- entail synonyms
12. verb: denote or connote
- stand for synonyms
- intend synonyms
- signify synonyms
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- first moment
- expected value
- expectation synonyms
- norm
- weighted average
- weighted mean
- geometric mean
- arithmetic mean
- harmonic mean
- weighted arithmetic mean
- drive synonyms
- represent synonyms
- aim synonyms
- spell synonyms
- import synonyms
- convey synonyms
- symbolize synonyms
- symbolise
- typify
- necessitate
- refer synonyms
- inform
- denote
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Questions people ask
What is another word for mean?
You can say average, normal, hateful, awful or nasty instead of mean. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value".
What is the opposite of mean?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for mean; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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