Synonyms for mediocre
ˌmi diˈoʊ kərmedi·ocre

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1. mediocreadjective

   Synonyms:
   middling

2. mediocreadjective

   Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality;

   I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.

   Synonyms:
   middling

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1. mediocre, second-rateadjective

   moderate to inferior in quality

   "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"

   Synonyms:
   fair, second-rate, average, middling

   Antonyms:
   superior, good, extraordinary

2. average, fair, mediocre, middlingadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   mean(a), modal(a), second-rate, reasonable, intermediate, fair(a), medium, bonnie, comely, middling, bonny, ordinary, just, average, median(a), sightly, clean, fair, fairish, honest

   Antonyms:
   good, extraordinary, superior

3. mediocreadjective

   poor to middling in quality

   "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"

   Synonyms:
   fair, second-rate, average, middling

   Antonyms:
   extraordinary, good, superior

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1. banalise

   just an ordinary like any other

   Submitted by acronimous on December 12, 2017  

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1. mediocreadjective

   Synonyms:
   middling, ordinary, medium, commonplace

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1. List of paraphrases for "mediocre":

   poor, run-of-the-mill, lacklustre, lackluster

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1. Marie Antoinette:

   It is the nature of human beings, and especially of the mediocre ones, to wish to change everything. They desire it all the more because they know popularity will accrue rather to those who disturb than to those who maintain order.

2. Vicente Lim:

   Bear in mind that no matter how small a thing you want to do, plan it ahead of time, think it over and allot a certain time for you to prepare your plans, for a mediocre plan is better than a brilliant unprepared plan that is haphazardly carried out.

3. Albert Einstein:

   Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

4. Harlan Miller:

   Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.

5. Maurice Maeterlinck:

   Every progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand mediocre minds appointed to guard the past.