so-so

UK: /ˈsəʊsəʊ/ US: (sō′sō′, sō′sō′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ˈso-ˌso or ˈso ˌso, adj. 

1. neither very good nor very bad;
   mediocre:
   a so-so relief pitcher.

adv. 

2. fairly well;
   neither very well nor very badly:
   Things were going so-so at the time.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

so-so  (sō′sō′, sō′sō′), adj. 

1. Also, so′so′. indifferent;
   neither very good nor very bad.

adv. 

2. in an indifferent or passable manner;
   indifferently;
   tolerably.

Also, so′ so′. 

• 1520–30

Synonyms

• 1. . mediocre, fair, ordinary, average, passable.

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so-so adjective

1. (postpositive) neither good nor bad

adverb

1. in an average or indifferent manner