average: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 11 letter points · starts with A · ends with E
Meaning of average
noun
Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
Example: You need to show some averages in an executive summary, show some samples of raw data in the document body, and move the full raw data to an appendix.
Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode. The arithmetic mean.
Example: The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.
A financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.
Example: batting average
Listed forms: averages.
Source: Wiktionary — average.
adj
- not-comparable
Constituting or relating to the average.
Example: The average age of the participants was 18.5.
Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
Example: I soon found I was only an average chess player.
Typical.
Example: The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product.
- informal
Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.
Source: Wiktionary — average.
verb
- transitive
To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
Example: If you average 10, 20, and 24, you get 18.
- transitive
Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
Example: The daily high temperature last month averaged 15°C.
- transitive
To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
Example: to average a loss
- intransitive
To be, generally or on average.
Listed forms: averages, averaging, averaged.
Source: Wiktionary — average.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for average.
adjective
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
adjective
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
adjective
lacking exceptional quality or ability
adjective
around the middle of a scale of evaluation
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is average in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of average
A(1) + V(4) + E(1) + R(1) + A(1) + G(2) + E(1) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of average
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from average
47 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in average. Showing up to 24, longest first.