English Explanatory Dictionary

inferior

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lower in rank, status, or quality.
  2. Of low rank, standard or quality.
  3. (of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
  4. Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.
  5. Located below:
  6. Situated further below (another part of the body), a direction that in humans corresponds to caudad.
  7. Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body.
  8. 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).
  9. On the side of a flower which is next to the bract.
  10. Printed in subscript.
  11. Below the horizon.
  12. Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
noun
  1. A person of lower rank, stature, or ability to another.
  2. An inferior letter, figure, or symbol.

Pronunciation

ĭnfîrēər /ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə/ /ɪnˈfɪɹ.i.ɚ/ en-us-inferior.ogg

Word forms

inferior more inferior most inferior inferiour inferiors

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower in situation or place”), comparative of īnferus (“below, underneath”).

Synonyms

BTEC cheapie cullionly daddocky inferior less than nonsuperior poor man's pound-shop second best suckworthy sucky streets behind ticky-tacky awful horrible low-grade low-rent abysmal atrocious bad chronic coarse corny crap crapalicious crappy crummy deityforsaken dire disagreeable dismal dogshit dreadful fifth-rate foul fourth-rate godawful hellish hideous hopeless horrendous horrid horrific inadequate incompetent inelegant intolerable lackluster loathsome lousy miserable naff negative odious ordinary pathetic peak piss-poor rotten

Antonyms

equivalent noninferior superior crowning ferior foremost greater higher major paramount preeminent supreme utmost vaulting

Related words

Armenia Inferior limit inferior dollar-store Poundland Tesco Value Wish.com

Derived words

anterior inferior cerebellar artery anteroinferior inferior alveolar artery inferior alveolar nerve inferior cervical ganglion inferior colliculus inferior concha inferior court inferior dental artery inferior ganglion inferior good inferior hypophyseal artery inferiority inferiorization inferiorize inferior laryngeal artery inferior laryngeal nerve inferiorly inferior mesenteric artery inferiormost inferior nasal concha inferiorness inferior oblique inferior oblique muscle inferior orbital fissure inferior petrosal sinus inferior pharyngeal constrictor inferior planet inferior rectus inferior sagittal sinus inferior thyroid artery inferior turbinate inferior turbinate bone inferior vena cava infero- lateroinferior noninferior obliquus oculi inferior Peover Inferior posterior inferior cerebellar artery posteroinferior septoinferior superoinferior

Translations

Bashkir: ҡайтыш Bashkir: кәм Bhojpuri: नीच Bulgarian: нискокачествен Bulgarian: по-нисш Bulgarian: подчинен Bulgarian: долен Chinese Mandarin: 低劣 Chinese Mandarin: 低賤 /低贱 Czech: podřadný Czech: méněcenný Dutch: inferieur Dutch: minderwaardig Dutch: ondergeschikt Dutch: lager Finnish: huonompi Finnish: huono Finnish: kehno Finnish: alempiarvoinen Finnish: alempi Finnish: alhaisempi Galician: inferior Georgian: დაბალხარისხოვანი Georgian: დაბალხარისხიანი Georgian: დაქვემდებარებული Georgian: დამორჩილებული Georgian: ქვედა Hindi: नीच Hindi: अधोमानक Italian: inferiore Japanese: 劣る Japanese: 賎しい Japanese: 下級の Japanese: 下賎な Latin: secundārius Polish: podrzędny Polish: pośledni Portuguese: inferior Romanian: inferior Russian: ху́дший Russian: нижестоя́щий Russian: подчинённый Russian: мла́дший Russian: ни́зший Russian: ни́жний Sanskrit: अनार्य Spanish: inferior Spanish: malmatado Swedish: undermålig Swedish: underordnad Turkish: aşağı derecede olan Turkish: uyuz Ottoman Turkish: آشاغی Ukrainian: гірший Ukrainian: підлеглий Ukrainian: нижній Amharic: የበታች Danish: underordnet Esperanto: malsupra French: inférieur German: untergeordnet German: nachgeordnet German: unterlegen German: tiefer Greek: κατώτερος Greek: κάτω Norwegian Bokmål: mindreverdig Norwegian Nynorsk: mindreverdig Walloon: dizotrin Armenian: ստորին
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