'Inferior' definitions:
Definition of 'inferior'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or characteristic of low rank or importance [ant: superior]
adjective
Of low or inferior quality [ant: superior]
adjective
Written or printed below and to one side of another character [syn: subscript, inferior] [ant: adscript, superior, superscript]
adjective
Having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" [ant: superior]
adjective
Lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery"
adjective
Falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" [syn: deficient, inferior, substandard]
noun
noun
A character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character [syn: subscript, inferior] [ant: superior, superscript]
Definition of 'Inferior'
From: GCIDE
- Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, n. A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another. [1913 Webster]
- A great person gets more by obliging his inferior than by disdaining him. --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Inferior'
From: GCIDE
- Inferior \In*fe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of inferus that is below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F. inf['e]rieur. See Under.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Lower in place, rank, value, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath. [1913 Webster]
- A thousand inferior and particular propositions. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior nature. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Astron.) (a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus. (b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Bot.) (a) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx. (b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer. [1913 Webster]
- Inferior court (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction of another court known as the superior court, or {higher court}.
- Inferior letter, Inferior figure (Print.), a small letter or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to superior letter or figure), as in A2, Bn, 2 and n are inferior characters.
- Inferior tide, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit of the meridian, when below the horizon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'inferior'
From: GCIDE
- coarsened \coarsened\ adj. made coarse or crude by lack of skill; -- sometimes used to mean inferior. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'inferior'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adherent,
- assistant,
- attendant,
- auxiliary,
- average,
- back-burner,
- bad,
- base,
- black,
- bootlicker,
- cheap,
- cheesy,
- client,
- coarse,
- cog,
- common,
- commonality,
- commonalty,
- crappy,
- creature,
- criminal,
- crummy,
- declasse,
- defective,
- deficient,
- demeaning,
- dependent,
- deputy,
- dinky,
- disadvantaged,
- disciple,
- dispensable,
- doormat,
- down,
- earlier,
- employee,
- evil,
- fair,
- feudal,
- feudatory,
- flunky,
- follower,
- fourth-class,
- gimcrack,
- good-for-nothing,
- hack,
- hanger-on,
- heeler,
- helper,
- henchman,
- hireling,
- hoi polloi,
- homager,
- humble,
- ill,
- immaterial,
- imperfect,
- improper,
- in the shade,
- inaccurate,
- inadequate,
- inappreciable,
- inauspicious,
- incapable,
- incapable of,
- incompetent,
- inconsequential,
- inconsiderable,
- indifferent,
- ineffective,
- inefficient,
- inept,
- inessential,
- inexpedient,
- infra dig,
- insignificant,
- insufficient,
- invalid,
- irregular,
- irrelevant,
- junior,
- junky,
- lackey,
- lacking,
- less,
- lesser,
- lickspittle,
- liege,
- liege man,
- lightweight,
- little,
- lousy,
- low,
- low-class,
- low-grade,
- low-priority,
- low-quality,
- low-test,
- lower,
- lower class,
- lower orders,
- lowest,
- lowly,
- malevolent,
- marginal,
- masses,
- mean,
- mediocre,
- menial,
- Mickey Mouse,
- middling,
- minion,
- minor,
- minus,
- minute,
- modest,
- myrmidon,
- negligible,
- nether,
- no great shakes,
- no-account,
- no-good,
- nonessential,
- not vital,
- of no account,
- of no consequence,
- of no matter,
- of no significance,
- ordinary,
- paltry,
- pawn,
- peccant,
- peon,
- petit,
- poor,
- poor relation,
- punk,
- retainer,
- right-hand man,
- satellite,
- satrap,
- scrub,
- second fiddle,
- second rank,
- second string,
- second-best,
- second-class,
- second-rate,
- secondary,
- seedy,
- serf,
- servant,
- servile,
- shabby,
- shoddy,
- short,
- short of,
- sinful,
- sinister,
- slave,
- sleazy,
- small,
- sorry,
- stooge,
- sub,
- subaltern,
- subjacent,
- subject,
- subordinate,
- subservient,
- substandard,
- sycophant,
- tacky,
- tawdry,
- technical,
- third rank,
- third string,
- third stringer,
- third-class,
- third-rate,
- tinny,
- tributary,
- unable,
- unable to,
- under,
- underling,
- underprivileged,
- understrapper,
- unendowed,
- unessential,
- unfavorable,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- ungifted,
- unhealthy,
- unimportant,
- unimpressive,
- unkind,
- unnoteworthy,
- unpleasant,
- unqualified,
- unreached,
- unskillful,
- untalented,
- untoward,
- unworthy,
- valueless,
- vassal,
- vicious,
- vulgar,
- wanting,
- wicked,
- worthless,
- wretched,
- wrong,
- yeoman,
- yes-man
Words containing 'Inferior'
- Inferiority,
- Inferiorly,
- Inferior court,
- Inferior figure,
- Inferior letter,
- Inferior tide,
- inferior colliculus,
- inferior conjunction,
- inferior planet,
- inferior rectus,
- inferiority complex,
- rectus inferior,
- arteria alveolaris inferior,
- arteria labialis inferior,
- deficient inferior substandard,
- inferior alveolar artery,
- inferior cerebellar artery,
- inferior cerebral vein,
- inferior epigastric vein,
- inferior labial artery,
- inferior labial vein,
- inferior mesenteric artery,
- inferior ophthalmic vein,
- inferior pulmonary vein,
- inferior rectus muscle,
- inferior thalamostriate vein,
- inferior thyroid vein,
- inferior vena cava,
- inferior vocal cord,
- inferior vocal fold,
- serratus posterior inferior,
- vena epigastrica inferior,
- vena labialis inferior,
- vena pulmanalis inferior,
- venae cerebrum inferior