Meaning of 'average'

adjective

lacking special distinction, rank, or status

Synonyms: ordinary

adjective

around the middle of a scale of evaluation

Example: "an orange of average size"

Synonyms: medium

adjective

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

Example: "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"

Synonyms: mean

adjective

relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)

Synonyms: median

adjective

relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

Synonyms: modal

adjective

lacking exceptional quality or ability

Example: "a novel of average merit"

Synonyms: middling

noun

an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

Example: "I am about average in height."

noun

a statistic describing the location of a distribution

Synonyms: norm

noun

(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

verb

to compute the average of

Example: "I averaged all the numbers and it looks like we are in the black this month."

Synonyms: average out

verb

to achieve or reach on average

Example: "I averaged a C on my last report card."

verb

to amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

Example: "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40."

Synonyms: average out