'Mediocre' definitions:
Definition of 'mediocre'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average" [syn: mediocre, second-rate]
adjective
Lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best" [syn: average, fair, mediocre, middling]
adjective
Poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"
Definition of 'Mediocre'
From: GCIDE
- Mediocre \Me"di*o`cre\, n.
- 1. A mediocre person; a mediocrity. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties. --Shipley. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'mediocre'
From: GCIDE
- mediocre \me`di*o"cre\ (m[=e]`d[i^]*[=o]"k[~e]r), a. [F. m['e]diocre, L. mediocris, fr. medius middle. See Mid.] Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary. " A very mediocre poet." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mediocre'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulterated,
- amidships,
- artless,
- average,
- bad,
- banal,
- base,
- betwixt and between,
- blemished,
- central,
- common,
- commonplace,
- core,
- damaged,
- defective,
- deficient,
- dull,
- equatorial,
- equidistant,
- erroneous,
- everyday,
- fair,
- fair to middling,
- fairish,
- fallible,
- faulty,
- found wanting,
- garden-variety,
- half-assed,
- halfway,
- immature,
- impaired,
- imperfect,
- imprecise,
- impure,
- inaccurate,
- inadept,
- inadequate,
- inapt,
- inattentive,
- incompetent,
- incomplete,
- indifferent,
- inefficient,
- inept,
- inexact,
- inexpert,
- inferior,
- insipid,
- insufficient,
- interior,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- lacking,
- lackluster,
- little,
- makeshift,
- maladroit,
- mean,
- medial,
- median,
- mediterranean,
- medium,
- mesial,
- mezzo,
- mid,
- middle,
- middle-of-the-road,
- middlemost,
- middling,
- midland,
- midmost,
- midships,
- midway,
- mixed,
- moderate,
- modest,
- namby-pamby,
- no great shakes,
- normal,
- not bad,
- not comparable,
- not in it,
- not perfect,
- nuclear,
- of a kind,
- of a sort,
- of sorts,
- off,
- ordinary,
- out of it,
- partial,
- passable,
- patchy,
- pedestrian,
- petty,
- poor,
- respectable,
- routine,
- run-of-the-mill,
- second-rate,
- shabby,
- short,
- sketchy,
- skill-less,
- small,
- so so,
- so-so,
- standard,
- tedious,
- third-rate,
- thoughtless,
- tolerable,
- trivial,
- unapt,
- undeft,
- undeveloped,
- undexterous,
- undextrous,
- undistinguished,
- uneven,
- unexceptional,
- unfacile,
- unfinished,
- unimaginative,
- uninspired,
- unintelligent,
- unperfected,
- unproficient,
- unskillful,
- unsound,
- unthorough,
- usual,
- vapid,
- wanting,
- wishy-washy