100 Best Synonyms for “Mean”

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. abusive Cruelly insulting or violent.
2. aim Intend or direct toward.
3. aims Intends to achieve something.
4. allude Refer indirectly.
5. alludes to Refers indirectly to.
6. average Usual middle value.
7. bad-natured Naturally unkind or unpleasant.
8. barbed Sharply critical or hurtful.
9. base Low, dishonorable, or inferior.
10. belittling Making someone seem unimportant.
11. biting Sharply critical or hurtful.
12. brutal Very cruel or harsh.
13. callous Insensitive to others’ feelings.
14. cheap Unwilling to spend money.
15. closefisted Unwilling to give or spend.
16. cold Unfriendly and unemotional.
17. communicate Make information or feeling known.
18. communicates Makes information or feeling known.
19. connote Suggest an additional meaning.
20. connotes Suggests an additional meaning.
21. convey Communicate or make known.
22. conveys Communicates or makes known.
23. cruel Deliberately causing pain or distress.
24. cutting Intended to hurt someone’s feelings.
25. denote Directly indicate or name.
26. denotes Directly indicates or names.
27. designs Plans or intends deliberately.
28. express Communicate a thought or feeling.
29. expresses Communicates a thought or feeling.
30. hard Severe or unsympathetic.
31. harsh Severe, rough, or unkind.
32. heartless Lacking pity or compassion.
33. hostile Unfriendly or antagonistic.
34. humble Low in rank or status.
35. hurtful Causing emotional pain.
36. ill-natured Bad-tempered and unkind.
37. implies Suggests without stating directly.
38. indicate Show or point to.
39. indicates Shows or points to.
40. inhuman Extremely cruel or lacking compassion.
41. inhumane Cruel and lacking humanity.
42. insulting Offensive and disrespectful.
43. intend Have as a purpose.
44. intended Meant or planned.
45. intends Has as a purpose.
46. low-grade Of poor quality.
47. malevolent Having evil or harmful intentions.
48. malicious Intending to harm someone.
49. means to Intends to do.
50. median Middle value in order.
51. merciless Showing no mercy.
52. middle Central position or value.
53. middling Average or mediocre.
54. midpoint Central point or value.
55. miserly Unwilling to spend money.
56. moderate Not extreme in amount.
57. nasty Unpleasantly unkind or spiteful.
58. niggardly Stingy or ungenerous.
59. norm Usual standard or average.
60. normal Usual or expected.
61. ordinary Normal and not special.
62. paltry Small, poor, or worthless.
63. parsimonious Excessively unwilling to spend.
64. penny-pinching Excessively careful with money.
65. petty Spiteful over small matters.
66. pitiless Without pity or mercy.
67. plan Intend to do something.
68. plans Intends to do something.
69. poor Low in quality.
70. purports Claims or intends to convey.
71. purposes Intends or designs.
72. refers to Mentions or points to.
73. regular Usual or normal.
74. represent Stand for something.
75. represents Stands for something.
76. ruthless Showing no pity or compassion.
77. savage Fierce, cruel, or violent.
78. scathing Severely critical and hurtful.
79. seeks to Attempts or intends to do.
80. show Make something clear.
81. shows Makes something clear.
82. signifies Has a particular meaning.
83. signify Have or express meaning.
84. small-minded Petty, narrow, or ungenerous.
85. sneering Showing mocking contempt.
86. snide Mocking or indirectly unkind.
87. spiteful Wanting to hurt or upset others.
88. stingy Unwilling to give or spend.
89. targets Aims at a result.
90. third-rate Very poor in quality.
91. tight Unwilling to spend money.
92. tightfisted Very unwilling to spend money.
93. typical Usual or representative.
94. unfeeling Showing no sympathy or emotion.
95. ungenerous Not willing to give.
96. unkind Not kind or considerate.
97. unsympathetic Not showing support or compassion.
98. usual Commonly occurring.
99. vicious Cruel, violent, or severe.
100. wants to Intends or desires to do.