mean

[1]	intend , design , purpose , plan , aim , have in mind , contemplate , have in view , want , wish , expect , hope , be motivated by , have as justification
[2]	denote , intend , signify , indicate , note , specify , designate , represent , betoken , signal , carry , convey , drive at , refer to , allude to , communicate , express , bring out , get over/across , imply , suggest , connote , intimate , hint (at)
[3]	entail , portend , show , imply , foretell , foreshadow , promise , presage , augur , herald
[4]	carry/have the weight/significance/importance of , intend , signify , stand for
[5]	intend , think
[6]	think of , have in mind

[1]	mean value , average , middle , norm , (happy) medium
[2]	by all means , absolutely , definitely , certainly , surely , assuredly , of course , positively in any event , at all events , no matter what , without fail , at any cost , in any case
[3]	by means of , by dint of , via , through , by way of , with the help/aid of , employing , using , utilizing
[4]	means , instrument , agency , method , process , technique , mode , manner , way(s) , approach , course , procedure , avenue , medium , vehicle resources , funds , money , wherewithal , capital , finances , backing , support substance , wealth , property , position , financial stability
[5]	by no means , by no manner of means , in no way , not at all , definitely/absolutely not , on no account , not conceivably , not in one's wildest dreams/fantasies , not by any stretch of the imagination , (Colloq) no way , (US) no way Jos

adj.

[1]	middle , centre , intermediate , medial , medium , median , average , middling
[2]	average
[3]	hateful
[4]	base , meanspirited
[5]	beggarly
[6]	mingy , miserly , tight
[7]	beggarly
[8]	bastardly