| ADJECTIVE | all | inferior | of or characteristic of low rank or importance |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | inferior | of low or inferior quality | |
| all | inferior, subscript | written or printed below and to one side of another character | |
| all | inferior | having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit | |
| all | inferior | lower than a given reference point | |
| all | inferior, deficient, substandard | falling ... / falling short of some prescribed norm | |
| NOUN | person | inferior | one of lesser rank or station or quality |
| communication | inferior, subscript | a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character |
| Sounds | ihnfih'riyer | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | anterior ... worrier: 48 rhymes with iyer... | |
| Meaning | Of or characteristic of low rank or importance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | humble, low, lowly, modest, small | Low or inferior in station or quality |
| indifferent | Fairly poor to not very good | |
| low-level | At a low level in rank or importance | |
| middle-level | Intermediate in rank or position | |
| outclassed | decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class | |
| See also | low | Literal meanings |
| low | less than normal in degree or intensity or amount | |
| subordinate, low-level | Lower in rank or importance | |
| Opposite | superior | Of or characteristic of high rank or importance |
| Spanish | inferior | |
| Catalan | inferior | |
| Meaning | Of low or inferior quality. | |
|---|---|---|
| Attribute of | quality, caliber, calibre | A degree or grade of excellence / excellence or worth |
| Narrower | bad | Below average in quality or performance |
| base | (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal | |
| bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny | Of very poor quality | |
| bush-league, bush | not of the highest quality or sophistication | |
| cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry | cheap and shoddy | |
| coarse, common | Of low or inferior quality or value | |
| coarsened | made coarse or crude by lack of skill | |
| commercial, commercial-grade | Of the kind or quality used in commerce | |
| deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched | Of very poor quality or condition | |
| less | (usually preceded by 'no') lower in quality | |
| low-grade | Of inferior quality | |
| mediocre, second-rate | moderate to inferior in quality | |
| ropey, ropy | (British informal) very poor in quality | |
| scrawny, scrubby, stunted | inferior in size or quality | |
| second-class | Of inferior status or quality | |
| third-rate | Of lesser quality than second-rate | |
| utility, utility-grade | Used of beef | |
| See also | worst | (superlative of 'bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition |
| Opposite | superior | Of high or superior quality or performance |
| Spanish | inferior | |
| Catalan | inferior | |
| Nouns | inferiority | an inferior quality |
| Meaning | Written or printed below and to one side of another character. | |
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| Synonym | subscript | |
| Category | printing, printing process | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication |
| Opposite | adscript | Written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it |
| superscript, superior | Written or printed above and to one side of another character | |
| Meaning | Having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit. | |
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| Example | "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" | |
| Category | astronomy, uranology | The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
| Opposite | superior | Having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit |
| Meaning | Lower than a given reference point. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "inferior alveolar artery" | |
| Category | anatomy, general anatomy | The branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals |
| Broader | bottom | situated at the bottom or lowest position |
| Meaning | falling ... / falling short of some prescribed norm. | |
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| Synonyms | deficient, substandard | |
| Broader | nonstandard | Varying from or not adhering to a standard |
| Spanish | deficiente, inferior, subestándar | |
| Catalan | deficient | |
| Nouns | inferiority | the state of being inferior |
| Meaning | One of lesser rank or station or quality. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | follower | A person who accepts the leadership / leadership of another |
| Opposite | superior, higher-up, superordinate | One of greater rank or station or quality |
| Spanish | inferior | |
| Catalan | inferior | |
| Meaning | A character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | subscript | |
| Broader | character, graph, grapheme, graphic symbol | A written symbol that is used to represent speech |
| Opposite | superscript, superior | A character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character |
| Spanish | subíndice | |
| Catalan | subíndex | |
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