mean

> mean (1)
(verb)
contemplate, design, intend, purpose.
connote, denote, express, imply, import, indicate, purport, signify, symbolize.

> mean (2)
(adjective)
average, medium, middle.
intermediate, intervening.

> mean (2)
(noun)
measure, mediocrity, medium, moderation.
average.
agency, instrument, instrumentality, means, measure, method, mode, way.

> mean (3)
(adjective)
coarse, common, humble, ignoble, low, ordinary, plebeian, vulgar.
abject, base, base-minded, beggarly, contemptible, degraded, dirty, dishonourable, disingenuous, grovelling, low-minded, pitiful, rascally, scurvy, servile, shabby, sneaking, sorry, spiritless, unfair, vile.
illiberal, mercenary, miserly, narrow, narrow-minded, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, selfish, sordid, stingy, ungenerous, unhandsome.
contemptible, despicable, diminutive, insignificant, paltry, petty, poor, small, wretched.