English Explanatory Dictionary

so-so

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
adv
  1. Neither very well nor very poorly.

Pronunciation

/ˈsəʊˌsəʊ/ /ˌsəʊˈsəʊ/ en-us-so-so.ogg

Word forms

so-so

Etymology

From Middle English so so, from Old English swā swā, equivalent to so + so. Compare Dutch zozo (“so-so”), German soso (“so-so”), Norwegian så som så (“so-so”).

Synonyms

average comme ci comme ça fair lackluster meh mediocre middling crappy decent indifferent mid no great shakes nothing to write home about not worth writing home about okayish ordinary pedestrian unexceptional uninspiring shitty so-so tolerable whatever blandly indifferently insipidly moderately passably

Derived words

so-soish
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