Mean
adjectiveAdjective
having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
“taking a mean advantage”
“chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort”
“something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics”
marked by poverty befitting a beggar
“a mean hut”
Similar:Beggarly(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
“a mean person”
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
“the mean annual rainfall”
Similar:Averagecharacterized by malice
“in a mean mood”
Similar:Hatefulexcellent
“famous for a mean backhand”
(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
Similar:Beggarlyof no value or worth
Similar:Bastardly
Noun
an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
Verb
intend to refer to
“Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!”
Type of:ConnectAssociateColligatedenote or connote
“`maison' means `house' in French”
“An example sentence would show what this word means”
have as a logical consequence
“The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers”
have in mind as a purpose
“I mean no harm”
“I only meant to help you”
mean or intend to express or convey
“You never understand what I mean!”
Similar:IntendType of:Conveydestine or designate for a certain purpose
“These flowers were meant for you”
Dictionary Validity
- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA