fair to middling

1. 1.

   about average; acceptable

   “more than adequate as a secretary”

   Synonymsadequatepassabletolerable

   Similarsatisfactory

Questions about fair to middling

What does fair to middling mean?

fair to middling means "about average; acceptable".

What is another word for fair to middling?

Close synonyms include adequate, passable, tolerable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.