Related Words for mean

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intend
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Verb, Verb
imply
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Verb, Verb
entail
x/
Verb, Verb, Noun
think
/
Noun, Verb, Noun
normal
/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun
skilled
/
Noun, Adjective
signify
/xx
Adjective, Verb
base
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Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
tight
/
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
average
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
small
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
miserly
/xx
Verb, Adjective
stingy
/x
Adjective, Adjective
poor
/
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
awful
/x
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
hateful
/x
Adverb, Adjective
little
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
spiteful
/x
Noun, Adjective
ignoble
x/x
Adjective, Adjective, Verb
ungenerous
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
nasty
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
have in mind
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
stand for
//
Phrase, Verb
know
/
Verb
suppose
x/
Verb
assume
x/
Verb
does
/
Verb
expect
x/
Verb
that
/
Adverb, Noun
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
presume
x/
Verb
guess
/
Noun
necessarily
xx/xx
Adverb
saying
/x
Verb
believe
x/
Verb
really
/x
Adverb
realize
/xx
Verb
understand
xx/
Verb
obviously
/xxx
Adverb
indicate
/xx
Verb
misunderstand
xxx/
Verb
just
/
Adverb
imagine
x/x
Verb
what
/
Adverb, Noun
want
/
Verb
surely
/x
Adverb
reckon
/x
Verb
heck
/
Noun
might
/
Noun
happen
/x
Verb
actually
/xxx
Adverb
equate
x/
Verb
should
/
Verb, Noun
wonder
/x
Noun
bother
/x
Verb
would
/
Verb, Noun
realise
/xx
Verb
sure
/
Adjective
honestly
/xx
Adverb
tell
/
Verb
jeez
/
Name
suggest
x/
Verb
basically
/xx
Adverb
stipulate
/xx
Verb
okay
x/
Adjective
forget
x/
Verb
infer
x/
Verb
seem
/
Verb
remember
x/x
Verb
yeah
/
Noun
connote
x/
Verb
probably
/xx
Adverb
need
/
Noun
geez
/
Noun
define
x/
Verb
gonna
/x
Noun
pretend
x/
Verb
underestimate
/x/xx
Verb
certainly
/xx
Adverb
presuppose
xx/
Verb
dunno
x/
Name
because
x/
Adverb
therefore
/x
Adverb
hypothetically
xx/xx
Adverb
dare
/
Verb
wanna
/x
Noun
exactly
x/x
Adverb
even
/x
Adverb
agree
x/
Verb
nothing
/x
Noun
purpose
/x
Noun
plan
/
Noun
mean well
//
Phrase, Verb
intention
x/x
Noun
import
x/
Noun
propose
x/
Verb
consider
x/x
Verb
drive at
//
Phrase, Verb
denote
x/
Verb
make
/
Verb
make sense
//
Phrase, Verb
calculate
/xx
Verb
mind
/
Noun
think about
/xx
Phrase, Verb
manifest
/xx
Adjective
purport
/x
Noun
portend
x/
Verb
scheme
/
Noun
take
/
Verb
mature
x/
Adjective
get at
//
Phrase, Verb
arrange
x/
Verb
have designs on
/x//
Phrase, Verb
dream
/
Noun
figure on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
deem
/
Verb
manage
/x
Verb
point
/
Noun
commence
x/
Verb
mark
/
Noun
conceive
x/
Verb
behave
x/
Verb
construe
x/
Verb
deliberate
x/xx
Adjective
look to
//
Phrase, Verb
come to
//
Phrase, Verb
meditate
/xx
Verb
operate
/xx
Verb
come
/
Verb
conclude
x/
Verb
carry out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
matter
/x
Noun
entertain
xx/
Verb
cast
/
Noun
devise
x/
Verb
cast about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
look at
//
Phrase, Verb
initiate
x/xx
Verb
project
/x
Noun
mate
/
Noun
regard
x/
Noun
tend
/
Verb
map out
//
Phrase, Verb
conspire
x/x
Verb
make for
//
Phrase, Verb
add up
//
Phrase, Verb
design
x/
Noun
good
/
Adjective
begin
x/
Verb
brain
/
Noun
take seriously
//xxx
Phrase, Verb
speak
/
Verb
start
/
Noun
move
/
Noun
meed
/
Noun
reach
/
Noun
please
/
Verb
have
/
Verb
mission
/x
Noun
form
/
Noun
effect
x/
Noun
work
/
Noun
get ready
//x
Phrase, Verb
execute
/xx
Verb
master
/x
Noun
budget
/x
Noun
come into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
total
/x
Noun
aggregate
/xx
Noun
motive
/x
Noun
theme
/
Noun
bear in mind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
make a difference
/x/xx
Phrase, Verb
achieve
x/
Verb
look
/
Noun
must
/
Adjective
root
/
Adverb
disrespect
xx/
Noun
startle
/x
Verb
abandonment
x/xx
Noun
interpreted
x/xx
Verb
pry
/
Verb
offend
x/
Verb
harm
/
Noun
insult
x/
Verb
downright
/x
Adverb
ruin
/x
Noun
scare
/
Verb
unspeakably
x/xx
Adverb
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
unkindly
x/x
Adverb
abolition
xx/x
Noun
anything
/xx
Noun
advert
xx
Noun, Verb
aim
/
Noun, Verb
allow
x/
Verb
allowable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
altitude
/xx
Noun
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
angry
/x
Adjective, Verb
appoint
x/
Verb
appreciable
x/xx
Adjective
are
/
Noun
argue
/x
Verb, Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badass
/x
Noun, Adjective
bet
/
Verb, Noun
bring
/
Verb
bring up
//
Phrase, Verb
bully
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
call
/
Verb, Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
cite
/
Verb, Noun
constitute
/xx
Verb, Noun
contemptible
x/xx
Adjective
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cow
/
Noun, Verb
cowardly
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
cruel
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
deduct
x/
Verb
designate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
despicable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
dimensionless
x/xx
Adjective
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
dis
/
Noun, Verb
dog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
drive
/
Noun, Verb
east
/
Name, Adjective, Adverb
evil
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
expectation
xx/x
Noun
express
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
extrapolated
x/xxx
Verb, Adjective
fact
/
Noun
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
frequency
/xx
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
give
/
Verb, Noun
greenwich
/x
Name
grumpy
/x
Adjective, Noun
half
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
hear
/
Verb
implicate
/xx
Verb, Noun
impose
x/
Verb, Noun
include
x/
Verb, Noun
intermediate
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
involve
x/
Verb
joke
/
Noun, Verb
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
local
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
machine
x/
Noun, Verb
mad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
malice
/x
Noun, Verb
malicious
x/x
Adjective
maximal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
maximum
/xx
Adjective, Noun
measured
/x
Adjective
media
/xx
Noun, Adjective
median
/xx
Adjective, Noun
mention
/x
Verb, Noun
mid
/
Noun, Adjective
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
midpoint
/x
Noun
minimum
/xx
Noun, Adjective
moderate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
moyen
/
Noun
name
/
Noun, Verb
naughty
/x
Adjective, Verb
negligible
/xxx
Adjective
nice
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
nominate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
normalised
/xx
Verb, Adjective
normalized
/xx
Verb, Adjective
observed
x/
Verb
ornery
/xx
Adjective
paltry
/x
Adjective
peak
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
permissible
x/xx
Adjective
petty
/x
Adjective, Noun
pi
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pitch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
plea
/
Noun, Verb
plebeian
x/x
Adjective, Noun
pose
/
Verb, Noun
predicted
x/x
Verb
probability
xx/xx
Noun
products
/x
Noun
proportion
x/x
Noun, Verb
provide
x/
Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
rale
/
Noun
read
/
Verb, Noun
refer
x/
Verb, Noun
represent
xx/
Verb
representative
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
require
x/x
Verb
result
x/
Noun, Verb
rotten
/x
Adjective, Adverb
score
/
Noun, Verb
see
/
Verb, Noun
sense
/
Noun, Verb
serve
/
Verb, Noun
show
/
Verb, Noun
signal
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
significance
x/xx
Noun
snide
/
Adjective, Noun
spell
/
Noun, Verb
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
state
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
symbolize
/xx
Verb
talk
/
Verb, Noun
tantamount
/xx
Adjective, Verb, Noun
temperature
/xx
Noun
tool
/
Noun, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
expression
x/x
Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
headlines
/x
Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb