100 Best Synonyms for “Mean”

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.