Synonyms for so-so


Grammar : Adj
Spell : soh-soh, soh-soh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsoʊˌsoʊ, ˈsoʊˈsoʊ

Top 10 synonyms for so-so Other synonyms for the word so-so

Définition of so-so

Origin :
  • 1520s as an adverb, "indifferently;" as an adjective, "mediocre, neither too good nor too bad," 1540s; from so.
  • adj in an acceptable manner
Example sentences :
  • My practice is mostly among the poor, or the people that are only so-so.
  • Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
  • If strangers come, So-so may bark, which he can do as well as a bigger dog.
  • Extract from : « Last Words » by Juliana Horatia Ewing
  • "There are sixty seconds in every single minute, So-so," said she.
  • Extract from : « Last Words » by Juliana Horatia Ewing
  • "I'll catch him," said So-so, and he put up his tail, and started off.
  • Extract from : « Last Words » by Juliana Horatia Ewing
  • The Main is an easy stream to follow, and the scenery only so-so.
  • Extract from : « A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of Europe » by John Macgregor
  • Selim the Baker was well off in the world, but Selim the Fisherman was only so-so.
  • Extract from : « Twilight Land » by Howard Pyle
  • "So-so," answered the monkey, eying the sparrow with much deliberation.
  • Extract from : « Two in a Zoo » by Curtis Dunham
  • Oh, so-so; just fair to middling, most of them; about the usual run of shad.
  • Extract from : « Local Color » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • It is to be feared that Remmy Carroll was but a so-so listener.
  • Extract from : « Bits of Blarney » by R. Shelton Mackenzie
  • I am now better, but not yet my own man in the way of brains, and in health only so-so.
  • Extract from : « Scribner's Magazine, Volume 26, July 1899 » by Various

Antonyms for so-so

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