Inferior

Adjective

 * 1) of lower quality
 * Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
 * 1) of lower rank
 * 2) located below
 * 3) In botany, inside the flower stalk below the petals. Said of an ovary.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:bad

Antonyms

 * superior

Related terms

 * inferiority

Noun

 * 1) a person of lower stature to another

Antonyms

 * superior

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 inferior:, the comparative of inferus:.

Adjective

 * Portuguese: inferior


 * Swedish: undermålig


 * Swedish: underordnad


 * Armenian:


 * : malsupera


 * : inferior

Noun

 * Chinese: 下等 (xiadeng)
 * Dutch: inferieur
 * Finnish: alempi, alempiarvoinen
 * French: inférieur
 * German: minderwertig
 * Greek: κατώτερος (katóteros)


 * Italian: inferiore
 * Japanese: 劣った (ototta)
 * Korean: 열등한 (yeoldeunghan)
 * Latin: inferior m/f, inferius
 * Russian: плохонько (plokhon'ko)
 * Spanish: inferior

Anagrams

 * fire iron

Adjective

 * 1) lower

Adjective

 * 1) inferior (of lower quality)
 * 2) inferior (of lower rank)
 * 3) inferior (below)

Antonyms

 * superior

Related terms

 * inferioridad