mediocre
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
moderate to inferior in quality
they improved the quality from mediocre to above average
Related & opposite
- second-rater derivation
- inferior similar to
Sense 2 adjective
lacking exceptional quality or ability
a novel of average merit
Related & opposite
- mediocrity derivation
- averageness derivation
- ordinary similar to
Sense 3 adjective
poor to middling in quality
there have been good and mediocre and bad artists
Related & opposite
- second-rater derivation
- bad similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | second-rater |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | inferior |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mediocrity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | averageness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ordinary |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | second-rater |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | bad |