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below average

below average adjective: worse or lower than average.

Adjective

below average (comparative more below average, superlative most below average)

  1. Worse or lower than average.
    • Near-synonym: subnormal
    • Fewer than half of all drivers consider themselves to be below average.
    Synonyms:
    subnormal
    Antonyms:
    above average

Synonyms of below average

Antonyms

Forms of below average

comparativemore below average
superlativemost below average

Questions about below average

What does below average mean?
Below average means worse or lower than average.
What part of speech is below average?
Below average is an adjective.

Words near below average in the dictionary

  1. belovites
  2. Belovsky
  3. belovèd
  4. belovèds
  5. below
  6. below average
  7. below decks
  8. below ground
  9. below par
  10. below stairs
  11. below the belt

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