mediocre
Not bad but not good either, just ordinary.
mediocre in a sentence
- Coach said my performance was mediocre, not terrible but nothing to be proud of either.
- Josh's mediocre score of five out of ten was neither a disaster nor anything to boast about.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to mediocre?
- Aordinary
- Bbrilliant
- Cexcellent
- Doutstanding
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A: ordinary. The other three mean the opposite of mediocre.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to mediocre?
- Aordinary
- Bexcellent
- Cmiddling
- Daverage
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B: excellent. The other three mean nearly the same as mediocre.
Words that mean something similar
ordinary, average, middling
Words that mean the opposite
excellent, brilliant, outstanding
More words about character & personality
- meek: Quiet, gentle and not standing up for yourself.
- merchant: Someone who buys and sells goods, especially in large amounts.
- merciful: Kind and forgiving instead of punishing.
- meticulous: Very careful about every tiny detail.
- miserly: Mean with money and hating to spend it.
- modest: Not boasting about your talents or success.
- mortal: Certain to die one day, like all living things.
- naive: Believing things too easily because you have not yet learned how tricky people can be.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test