Average

Noun

 * 1)  The arithmetic mean.
 * 2)  Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode (see Usage notes below).
 * 3)  An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.

Adjective

 * 1)  Constituting or relating to the average.
 * 2) Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
 * 3)  Bad or undesirable.

Verb

 * 1)  To compute the arithmetic mean of.
 * 2)  Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.

Adjectives for Average
well-gauged; inversely-proportioned; adjusted; stalwart; standardized; skeptical; unvarying; prevailing; weighted; weighty;timely.

Verbs for Average
adjust—; arrive at—; ascertain—; better —; compare—; compile—; derive—; determine—; diminish—; distribute over—; divide—; estimate—; evolve—; hit—; lower —; model on—; obtain—; propose—; reckon—; record—; refer—; reveal—; strike—; suggest—; yield—; —amounts to; —compares; —falls; —ranges; —rises; —varies;—yields.

Synonyms for Average

 * mean; expectation
 * mediocre, medium, middle-ranking, middling, unremarkable, so-so, comme ci comme ça
 * conventional, normal, regular, standard, typical, usual, bog-standard
 * ordinary, median, common, mediocre, standard.

Antonyms for Average

 * extraordinary
 * unusual, exceptional.

Derived terms

 * average down
 * average out

Derived terms

 * above average
 * batting average
 * bowling average


 * below average
 * law of averages
 * on average

Thesaurus
Everyman; Public; accustomed; amidships; as a rule; average man; average out; avoid extremes; balance; banal; besetting; bisect; bourgeois; center; central; common; common man; common run; commonplace; conventional; core; current; customarily; customary; dominant; double; epidemic; equatorial; equidistant; everyday; everyman; everywoman; fair; fairish; familiar; fold; garden; garden-variety; general; generality; generally; girl next door; golden mean; habitual; halfway; happy medium; homme moyen sensuel; household; in the main; indifferent; interior; intermediary; intermediate; juste-milieu; mean; medial; median; mediocre; mediocrity; mediterranean; medium; mesial; mezzo; mid; middle; middle course; middle ground; middle point; middle position; middle state; middle-class; middle-of-the-road; middlemost; middling; midland; midmost; midpoint; midships; midway; moderate; no great shakes; norm; normal; normally; normative; nuclear; ordinarily; ordinary; ordinary Joe; ordinary run; pair off; pandemic; par; plastic; popular; predominant; predominating; prescriptive; prevailing; prevalent; rampant; regnant; regular; regulation; reigning; rife; routine; ruck; rule; ruling; run; run-of-mine; run-of-the-mill; running; so so; so-so; split the difference; standard; stereotyped; stock; strike a balance; suburban; take the average; typical; typically; undistinguished; unexceptional; universal; unnoteworthy; unremarkable; unspectacular; usual; usually; vernacular; via media; wonted

Pronunciation

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Coordinate terms

 * arithmetic mean, geometric mean, harmonic mean, mean, median, mode