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mean - verb

  1. To have or convey a particular idea: connote, denote, import, intend, signify, spell. See meaning.
  2. To have in mind as a goal or purpose: aim, contemplate, design, intend, plan, project, propose, purpose, target. Regional mind. See planned. purpose.
mean

mean - adjective

  1. Characterized by intense ill will or spite: black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, nasty, poisonous, spiteful, venomous, vicious, wicked. Slang bitchy. See attitude.
  2. Having or proceeding from low moral standards: base, ignoble, low, low-down, sordid, squalid, vile. See right.
  3. Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close-fisted, costive, hard-fisted, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted. See give.
  4. Of low or lower quality: common, inferior, low-grade, low-quality, mediocre, second-class, second-rate, shabby, substandard. See better.
  5. Of little distinction: humble, lowly, simple. See plain.
  6. Lacking high station or birth: baseborn, common, déclassé, declassed, humble, ignoble, lowly, plebeian, unwashed, vulgar. Archaic base. See over.
  7. Affected or tending to be affected with minor health problems: ailing, indisposed, low, off-color, rocky, sickly. See health.
  8. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation: abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, low, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, shabby, vile, wretched. See good.
  9. Having or showing a bad temper: bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish. Informal crabby. See attitude.
  10. Hard to treat, manage, or cope with: troublesome, wicked. Informal pesky. See easy.
mean

mean - noun

  1. Something, as a type, number, quantity, or degree, that represents a midpoint between extremes on a scale of valuation: average, median, medium, norm, par. See usual.
  2. That by which something is accomplished or some end achieved. agency, agent, instrument, instrumentality, instrumentation, intermediary, mechanism, medium, organ. See means.
  3. All things, such as money, property, or goods, having economic value. asset(used in plural), capital, fortune, resource(used in plural), wealth, wherewithal. See owned.

mean - adjective

  1. Not extreme: central, intermediate, medial, median, mid, middle, middle-of-the-road, midway. See edge.