middling

Speech parts

1. middling - Noun

2. middling - Adjective

3. middling - Adverb

4. middling - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

average jolly medium fair fairly reasonably moderately mediocre passably unexceptional midland intermediate mediterranean mezzo common
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Antonyms

royal supreme sterling primo quint prime
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Hypernyms

good commodity trade good

Phrases with the word

being of middling height

Examples

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate. Herodotus

I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all? Walt Whitman

If you have to make mistakes, make them good and big, don't be middling if you can help it. Hildegard Knef

They (the enemy) pottered off through Idiot's Utterly, High Hiccough, Malpaquet Middling and Mome. T. H. White

I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer weight of 28 years in the business. I kicked around for 28 years and came out the other end alive and able to form a sentence. Anthony Bourdain

Nature is better than a middling doctor. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Middlewich middlewoman Middlewood middling plantation middling sort middlingish