| mean
|
(verb) mean or intend to express or convey |
Synonyms:
intend |
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| (verb) have as a logical consequence |
Synonyms:
entail,
imply |
| (verb) denote or connote |
Synonyms:
intend,
stand for,
signify |
| (verb) have in mind as a purpose |
Synonyms:
intend,
think |
| (verb) have a specified degree of importance |
- |
| (verb) intend to refer to |
Synonyms:
have in mind,
think of |
| (verb) destine or designate for a certain purpose |
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| (noun) an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n |
Synonyms:
mean value |
| (adjective) approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value |
Synonyms:
average |
| (adjective) characterized by malice |
Synonyms:
hateful |
| (adjective) having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality |
Synonyms:
meanspirited,
base |
| (adjective) marked by poverty befitting a beggar |
Synonyms:
beggarly |
| (adjective) (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity |
Synonyms:
mingy,
miserly,
tight |
| (adjective) (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt |
Synonyms:
beggarly |
| (adjective) of no value or worth |
Synonyms:
bastardly |
| (adjective) very good; of the highest quality |
Synonyms:
ripping,
excellent,
splendid,
fantabulous,
first-class |
| meander
|
(verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course |
Synonyms:
wander,
weave,
wind,
thread |
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| (noun) a bend or curve, as in a stream or river |
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| (noun) an aimless amble on a winding course |
Synonyms:
ramble |
| meandering
|
(adjective) of a path e.g. |
Synonyms:
rambling,
wandering,
winding |
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| meanderingly
|
(adverb) in a meandering manner |
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| meanie
|
(noun) a person of mean disposition |
Synonyms:
unkind person,
meany |
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| meaning
|
(noun) the message that is intended or expressed or signified |
Synonyms:
import,
significance,
signification |
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| (noun) the idea that is intended |
Synonyms:
substance |
| (adjective) rich in significance or implication |
Synonyms:
pregnant,
significant |
| meaningful
|
(adjective) having a meaning or purpose |
- |
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| meaningfully
|
(adverb) in a meaningful manner; so as to be meaningful |
- |
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| meaningfulness
|
(noun) the quality of having great value or significance |
- |
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| meaningless
|
(adjective) having no meaning or direction or purpose |
Synonyms:
nonmeaningful |
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| (adjective) producing no result or effect |
Synonyms:
unavailing,
ineffectual,
otiose,
futile |
| meaninglessness
|
(noun) a message that seems to convey no meaning |
Synonyms:
nonsense,
bunk,
nonsensicality,
hokum |
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| (noun) the quality of having no value or significance |
- |
| meanly
|
(adverb) in a nasty ill-tempered manner |
Synonyms:
nastily |
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| (adverb) in a despicable, ignoble manner |
Synonyms:
scurvily,
basely |
| (adverb) poorly or in an inferior manner |
- |
| (adverb) in a miserly manner |
Synonyms:
humbly |
| meanness
|
(noun) the quality of being deliberately mean |
Synonyms:
beastliness |
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| (noun) extreme stinginess |
Synonyms:
tightness,
niggardliness,
niggardness,
minginess,
parsimoniousness,
parsimony,
closeness,
tightfistedness |
| means
|
(noun) to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end |
Synonyms:
way,
agency |
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| (noun) considerable capital (wealth or income) |
Synonyms:
substance |
| (noun) an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end |
Synonyms:
instrumentation,
instrumentality |
| meanspirited
|
(adjective) lacking in magnanimity |
Synonyms:
ungenerous |
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| (adjective) having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality |
Synonyms:
mean,
base |
| meanspiritedly
|
(adverb) in a meanspirited manner |
- |
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| meantime
|
(adverb) during the intervening time |
Synonyms:
in the meantime,
meanwhile |
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| (noun) the time between one event, process, or period and another |
Synonyms:
lag,
interim,
meanwhile |
| meanwhile
|
(adverb) at the same time but in another place |
- |
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| (adverb) during the intervening time |
Synonyms:
in the meantime,
meantime |
| (noun) the time between one event, process, or period and another |
Synonyms:
lag,
interim,
meantime |
| meany
|
(noun) a person of mean disposition |
Synonyms:
unkind person,
meanie |
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