mediocre[adjective]Synonyms: second-rate, average, indifferent, inferior, middling, ordinary, passable, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, so-so
(informal), undistinguished
Related Idioms: no great shakes, nothing to write home about
Related Words: bad,
inferior,
poor,
common,
commonplace,
ordinary,
unexceptional [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
me‧di‧o‧cre /ˌmiːdiˈəʊkə◂ $ -ˈoʊkər◂/
adjective[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;
Origin: Latin mediocris 'halfway up a mountain', from medius 'middle' + ocris 'stony mountain']
not very good
Synonym : second rate:
I thought the book was pretty mediocre. a mediocre student—mediocrity /ˌmiːdiˈɒkrəti, ˌmiːdiˈɒkrɪti $ -ˈɑːk-/
noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲