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Mean

🔄 Synonyms of "Mean"

26 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
basenoun	Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
spiteful	Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
skilled	Having or showing skill; skillful.
ignobleverb	Not honorable; base.
entailverb	(transitive) To imply, require, or invoke.
awfulnoun	Very bad.
nastynoun	Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
littlenoun	Small in size.
miserly	Like a miser, very or objectionably cautious with money.
tightverb	Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
smallnoun	Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
thinkverb	(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
averagenoun	(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
poornoun	With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
signifyverb	To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
stingy	Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
intendverb	(ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
meanspirited	Alternative spelling of mean-spirited. [Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition; tawdry.]
hateful	Full of hatred.
ungenerous	Not generous; stingy.
mingy	(colloquial) Mean, miserly, stingy.
implyverb	(transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.
have in mindverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To consider, to contemplate, to intend.
stand forverb	(idiomatic) To mean; to symbolize; to represent.
think ofverb	To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Mean"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
entailverb	(transitive) To imply, require, or invoke.
have in mindverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To consider, to contemplate, to intend.
implyverb	(transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.
think ofverb	To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.
thinkverb	(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
signifyverb	To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
skilled	Having or showing skill; skillful.
normalnoun	Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
intendverb	(ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
basenoun	Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
stand forverb	(idiomatic) To mean; to symbolize; to represent.
tightverb	Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
smallnoun	Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
littlenoun	Small in size.
averagenoun	(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
meanspirited	Alternative spelling of mean-spirited. [Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition; tawdry.]
beggarly	In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
mingy	(colloquial) Mean, miserly, stingy.
miserly	Like a miser, very or objectionably cautious with money.
ungenerous	Not generous; stingy.