Clues for the word "MEAN"
We've had 219 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 715 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on January 31, 2026.
Definition of mean
- v. t. - To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?
- v. t. - To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.
- v. i. - To have a purpose or intention.
- superl. - Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble.
- superl. - Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.
- superl. - Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
- superl. - Of poor quality; as, mean fare.
- superl. - Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.
- a. - Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
- a. - Intermediate in excellence of any kind.
- a. - Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.
- n. - That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.
- n. - A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities.
- n. - That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.
- n. - Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.
- n. - A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.
- n. - Meantime; meanwhile.
- n. - A mediator; a go-between.
Referring Clues
- Ill-tempered
- Downright nasty
- Part of G.M.T.
- Penny-pinching
- Middle figure
- Nasty
- Stand for
- Ignoble
- Villainous
- Aim
- Unkind
- Statistics calculation
- Imply
- The Beatles' "___ Mr. Mustard"
- Bell curve figure
- Bad-tempered
- Playing dirty tricks
- Lowdown
- Signify
- Suggest
- Average
- Cruel
- Willfully tightening the screws, say
- Have as a definition
- Intend
- Have in mind
- Downright miserly
- Contemptible
- Bad-spirited
- Part of GMT
- Malicious
- Base
- No ___ feat
- Adjective for Simon Legree
- Statistician's figure
- Not very nice
- Scrooge-like
- Stingy
- Like taking candy from a baby?
- Not at all nice
- Wicked
- Hard-hearted
- Statistical calculation
- Ill-intentioned
- Like a 122 Across
- Far from genteel
- Spiteful
- "... sure plays a ___ pinball" (The Who)
- "And I ___ business!"
- Like the Grinch
- Plebeian
- Like a schoolyard bully
- Blackhearted
- Like Scrooge McDuck
- Average, to a statistician
- Intend to say
- Add up to
- Churlish
- Not the least bit nice
- Uncharitable
- Not so nice
- Nasty companion?
- Far from nice
- Black-hearted
- Ugly
- ___-spirited
- "... sure plays a ___ pinball" (The Who)
- Like Mr. Mustard or Joe Greene
- Hurtful
- Statistician's middle
- Scroogelike
- Ornery
- Statisticians figure
- Middle course
- Translate as
- Vicious
- Like a bully
- Just plain nasty
- Greenwich ___ Time
- Bell curve center
- Miserly
- Ogreish
- Like Tommy's pinball playing
- With 35-Down, have no malice
- It's not quite average, in math class
- Closefisted
- Like a junkyard dog
- Far from friendly
- Be sincere
- Cussed
- Skillful, slangily
- Important statistic
- Represent
- Be defined as
- Denote
- Disagreeable
- Certainly not nice
- *Standard deviation deviates from it
- Like Snidely Whiplash
- Bullying
- Small-minded
- Part 4 of a Labour Day quotation
- Like Legree
- Inconsequential
- Not nice at all
- Not easy to get along with
- Statistics class figure
- Not nice
- Math class calculation
- Intend (to)
- Malicious or miserly
- Data set average
- Obnoxious
- Quite unkind
- Unlikely to help out
- Math average
- ___ woman blues
- Like Dicken's Murdstone
- 2.5, for the set {1, 2, 3, 4}
- Like a penny-pincher
- Opposite of nice
- Like the Grinch that stole Christmas
- "See what I ___?"
- Bullyish
- Intend to be like Scrooge
- Tight-fisted
- Like the Grinch who stole Christmas
- Miserly, ungenerous
- Neil Diamond: "If You Know What I ___"
- Van Halen: "___ Street"
- Oasis "D'You Know What I ___?"
- Y&T "___ Streak"
- Moody Blues "Say What You ___"
- Killers "Smile Like You ___ It"
- Not nice Pink song?
- "I Didn't ___ to Turn You On" Robert Palmer
- Phil Collins "You Know What I ___"
- Kaiser Chiefs "Can't Say What I ___"
- Alicia Keys "Doesn't ___ Anything"
- Represent - average
- Aim low
- Stand for - penny-pinching
- Tight - average
- Dirty money, mostly
- Intend to get tight
- Stingy fellow hiding a cigarette end
- I object to an average standard
- Aim when near
- Being niggardly makes me a bit angry
- Tightfisted
- Don't intend to upset excellent water container?
- Impressive
- Intend - miserly
- Like Scrooge
- Intend - average - poor
- Intend to be tight
- For now, the evil enemy
- Low average
- Grasping what is meant by average
- Workers keeping one close
- Intend to change name
- Cantankerous
- "I ___ business"
- Have in mind to be miserly
- Near the middle
- Penny-pinching plan
- Niggardly
- Mid-point
- Intend to be average
- Soldiers around a base
- Despicable fellow injecting drug
- Squalid plan
- Average spell
- I'm my own enemy the while
- Soldiers capturing a base
- Design intermediate base
- Intend to be cruel
- Treating people badly
- "___ Girls" (upcoming Broadway musical based on a Lindsay Lohan movie)
- Accept "Sick, Dirty and ___"
- Average, like Scrooge?
- Dirty, as tricks
- Like the Beatles' Mr. Mustard
- Indicate
- Stingy chap embracing his sweetheart
- Average sort of name
- Spiteful soldiers seizing leader in army
- Close-fisted
- Norm is a skinflint
- Attempt to convey
- Like bullies
- Far from charitable
- Calculated as average
- Intend to be niggardly
- Statistical average
- "See what I ___?"
- "What do you ___?"
- Word before streak or business
- "___ Girls"
- Intended to be hurtful
- Not kind
- Actually have in mind
- Actually intend
- More than a little unkind
- Far from benevolent
- Statistician's calculation
- Partner of median and mode
- Word before "Streets" and "Girls" in film titles
- Something to regress to
- One held by people to be average
- 5, for the set [2, 4, 6, 8]
- "What do you ___ by that?"
- "I didn't ___ to!"
- "What do you ___?" (question Jennifer Lawrence anxiously repeats in a meme)
- Word after golden or before Girls
- Lean and ___
- Excellent, average or bad, depending on the context
- 8 vis-à-vis 7 and 9
- Average in math class?
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - January 31, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 27, 2026
- Daily American - January 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 22, 2025
- Mirror Mini - December 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 26, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 14, 2025
- Daily American - October 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 15, 2025
- LA Times - September 26, 2025
- Daily American - September 11, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 26, 2025
- Daily American - August 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 07, 2025
- LA Times - July 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 09, 2025
- New York Times - July 04, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 11, 2025
- Daily American - May 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 25, 2025
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