MEDIANS Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

medians

noun

plural of median

as in averages

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Noun

AccuWeather forecasts that daytime highs in those regions will hit as much as 10-15 degrees Fahrenheit above historical averages through the opening days of September.

— James Powel, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Across Europe, heat and water shortages have damaged maize, soybean and sunflower crops, with some harvest forecasts falling 14% below recent averages.

— Shooka Bidarian, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of averages

Noun

By North Carolina’s historical standards, the answer should be no, but the bar has been lowered so much that a trip to a bottom-tier bowl feels like a victory.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Though the enrollment trend can be stabilizing to its balance sheet, the district is still performing well by state standards.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of standards

Noun

Some argue that cultural norms of male leadership and even outright discrimination keep women from top roles, while others argue that women are less ambitious than men.

— Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 28 Aug. 2026
The Defense Department has largely kept the media away from covering the war to verify that and other claims easily -- a departure from norms where the press has embedded with troops on the frontlines since the Civil War.

— Steven Beynon, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of norms

Noun

The Gulf states have experimented with ship-to-ship transfers and other means of moving crude around Iranian restrictions.

— Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Living with endometriosis means becoming an expert on highly specialized ingredients and constantly cross-checking product labels.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026

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