Inferior
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English
Adjective
Inferior (comparative more Inferior, superlative most Inferior)
- of lower quality
- Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
- of lower rank
- located below
- In botany, inside the flower stalk below the petals. Said of an ovary.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:bad
Antonyms
Related terms
Noun
Inferior (plural Inferiors)- a person of lower stature to another
Antonyms
Adverbs for Inferior
hopelessly; comparatively; pitifully; manifestly; palpably; shockingly; appallingly; terribly; unmistakably; oddly; curiously; patently; apparently; greatly; dreadfully; mentally; physically; essentially; materially; utterly; inexplicably; unaccountably; unacceptably
Thesaurus
Mickey Mouse, 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, 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
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower, inferior”), the comparative of īnferus (“low, nether, underground”).
Pronunciation
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External links
- Inferior in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Inferior in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Inferior at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
īnferior (comparative of inferus)
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | M.F. | N. | MM.FF. | NN. | |
| nominative | īnferior | īnferius | īnferiōrēs | īnferiōra | |
| genitive | īnferiōris | īnferiōris | īnferiōrum | īnferiōrum | |
| dative | īnferiōrī | īnferiōrī | īnferiōribus | īnferiōribus | |
| accusative | īnferiōrem | īnferius | īnferiōrēs | īnferiōra | |
| ablative | īnferiōre | īnferiōre | īnferiōribus | īnferiōribus | |
| vocative | īnferior | īnferius | īnferiōrēs | īnferiōra | |
