Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun middling
1 sense of middling
Sense 1
middling -- (any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran))
=> commodity, trade good, good -- (articles of commerce)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb middle
1 sense of middle
Sense 1
middle -- (put in the middle)
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay -- (put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point")
Antonyms of adj middling
1 sense of middling
Sense 1
average, fair, mediocre, middling -- (lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best")
INDIRECT (VIA ordinary) -> extraordinary -- (beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature")
Similarity of adj middling
1 sense of middling
Sense 1
average, fair, mediocre, middling -- (lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best")
=> ordinary (vs. extraordinary) -- (not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine")
Synonyms of adv middling
1 sense of middling
Sense 1
reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably -- (to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers")