mean, v. [intend], [purpose], [design], contemplate; [signify], [purport], [denote], [betoken], imply, [typify], [indicate].
mean, a. [contemptible], [despicable], [low-minded], [base], [abject], [groveling], [dishonorable], [shabby], [scurvy], [servile], [menial], [undignified], [unbecoming], disingenuous; [obscure], [ignoble], plebeian, inglorious, undistinguished, [vulgar]; [penurious], [illiberal], [sordid], [miserly], [stingy], mercenary parsimonious, [ungenerous]; midway, [average], [moderate], [middle], [medium], [mediocre]; [intermediate], mediate, [intervening]; [insignificant], paltry, inconsequential, [piddling], [frivolous], [inferior], [poor].
meandering, a. [winding], tortuous, [crooked], [serpentine], meandrous.
meaning, n. [signification], [significance], import, acceptation, intent. Associated words: lexicology, semasiology.
meaningly, adv. significantly.
meanly, adv. dishonorably, basely, ungenerously.
means, n. [property], possessions, [wealth], [resources], [riches], estate; [instrument], [agency], instrumentality, method, [way], facility; expedient, [resource], [contrivance], resort, [device], [artifice].
meantime, n. [interval], interim, [meanwhile].