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mediocrity

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Synonyms and Antonyms of mediocrity

1 the quality or state of being mediocre

She's a perfectionist who refuses to settle for mediocrity.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of mediocrity

averageness, ordinariness

commonness, commonplaceness, everydayness, fairness, mundanity, mundaneness, normality, normalness, routine, second-rateness, typicalness, typicality, unremarkableness, usualness

acceptability, adequacy, satisfactoriness, sufficiency

badness, crumminess, inferiority, worthlessness

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of mediocrity

exceptionality, exceptionalness, extraordinariness

choiceness, distinction, excellence, excellency, exquisiteness, fabulousness, first-rateness, grandness, greatness, marvelousness (or marvellousness), perfection, preeminence, primeness, specialness, splendidness, sterlingness, superbness, superiority, superlativeness, supremacy, supremeness

consequence, importance, notability

faultlessness, flawlessness, impeccability, perfectness

goodness, value, worth

deficiency, unacceptability

inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, unsatisfactoriness

2 a person of little fame

He surrounded himself with mediocrities to appear more notable by comparison.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of mediocrity

inferior, obscurity

no-name, noncelebrity

cipher, dwarf, half-pint, insect, insignificancy, lightweight, morsel, nobody, nonentity, nothing, nullity, number, pip-squeak, pygmy (also pigmy), shrimp, snippersnapper, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch

chump, dupe, foil, gull, sucker, victim

lap dog, yes-man

cat's-paw, figurehead, instrument, lay figure, pawn, tool

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of mediocrity

chief, head, lead, leader

celebrity, luminary, notable, personality, planet, star, superstar

authority, superior

great power, party, power

big shot, big wheel, bigwig, eminence, figure, kahuna, kingpin, magnate, nabob, personage, somebody, VIP

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