Antonyms for mediocre
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mee-dee-oh-ker |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌmi diˈoʊ kər |
Definition of mediocre
Origin :- 1580s, from Middle French médiocre (16c.), from Latin mediocris "of middling height or state, moderate, ordinary," figuratively "mediocre, mean, inferior," originally "halfway up a mountain," from medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)) + ocris "jagged mountain" (cf. Greek okris "peak, point," Welsh ochr "corner, border," Latin acer "sharp;" see acrid). As a noun, "medicore thing or person," by 1834.
- adj average, commonplace
- Verloc, whose affair the police has managed to smother so nicely, was mediocre.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- As for me, I was as mediocre as the play itself, which is saying a great deal.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- The picture of perfection itself is cold, negative, and mediocre.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- He must be obscure, insignificant and mediocre—in thought, act, speech and sympathy.
- Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
- Very good for mediocre people, I dare say; but it wouldn't suit me.
- Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
- He no longer perceives the defects of his work—does not know that it is mediocre or bad.
- Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio
- He lifted them out of the mediocre; gave them standing and personality.
- Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney
- I'm only sorry that a man who might be brilliant is content to be mediocre because of his prejudices.
- Extract from : « The Rhodesian » by Gertrude Page
- Assuredly, Didymus of Alexandria is no mediocre philosopher.
- Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo
- It was a radiation of genius, humbling every mediocre mortal it touched.
- Extract from : « Tarrano the Conqueror » by Raymond King Cummings
Synonyms for mediocre
- characterless
- colorless
- common
- conventional
- decent
- dull
- fair
- fair to middling
- fairish
- humdrum
- indifferent
- inferior
- insignificant
- intermediate
- mainstream
- mean
- medium
- middling
- moderate
- no great shakes
- of poor quality
- ordinary
- passable
- pedestrian
- run-of-the-mill
- second-rate
- so-so
- standard
- tolerable
- undistinguished
- unexceptional
- uninspired
- vanilla
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