Defenition of the word inferior

• Defenition of the word inferior

  • Of lower quality.
  • Of lower rank.
  • Located below.
  • falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
  • of or characteristic of low rank or importance
  • of low or inferior quality
  • (astronomy) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
  • one of lesser rank or station or quality
  • inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
  • (printing) written or printed below and to one side of another character
  • a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
  • having an orbit between the sun and the Earth''s orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
  • written or printed below and to one side of another character
  • lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery"
  • falling short of some prescribed norm
  • having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit
  • lower than a given reference point

Synonyms for the word inferior

• • deficient
  • junior-grade
  • lesser
  • low-grade
  • lower
  • lower-ranking
  • lowly
  • mediocre
  • petty
  • poorer
  • second-rate
  • secondary
  • subaltern
  • subordinate
  • subscript
  • substandard

Similar words in the inferior

• • bad
  • base
  • bottom(a)
  • bum
  • bush
  • bush-league
  • cardboard
  • cheap
  • cheapjack
  • cheesy
  • chintzy
  • coarse
  • coarsened
  • commercial
  • common
  • crummy
  • deplorable
  • execrable
  • flimsy
  • humble
  • indifferent
  • inferior
  • inferiors
  • junior
  • less
  • low
  • low-grade
  • low-level
  • lower
  • lowly
  • mediocre
  • middle-level
  • miserable
  • modest
  • nonstandard
  • outclassed
  • poor
  • punk
  • ropey
  • ropy
  • scrawny
  • scrubby
  • second-class
  • second-rate
  • shoddy
  • sleazy
  • small
  • stunted
  • subordinate
  • tawdry
  • third-rate
  • tinny
  • utility
  • utility-grade
  • utility(a)
  • woeful
  • worst
  • wretched

Hypernyms for the word inferior

• • character
  • follower
  • grapheme
  • graphic symbol

Antonyms for the word inferior

• • adscript
  • higher-up
  • superior
  • superordinate
  • superscript

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