inferior

nouns

one of lesser rank or station or quality
inferior
antonym
superior
is a type of (narrower)
a person who accepts the leadership of another
follower
a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
inferior, subscript

adjectives

of or characteristic of low rank or importance
inferior
antonym
superior
is similar to
low or inferior in station or quality
"a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
humble, low, lowly, modest, small
is similar to
fairly poor to not very good
"has an indifferent singing voice"; "has indifferent qualifications for the job"
indifferent
is similar to
at a low level in rank or importance
"a low-level job"; "low-level discussions"
low-level
is similar to
intermediate in rank or position
"middle-level management"
middle-level
is similar to
decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class
outclassed
see also
lower in rank or importance
low-level, subordinate
see also
literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
"low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"
low
see also
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
"low prices"; "the reservoir is low"
low
of low or inferior quality
inferior
is derived from
inferiority
antonym
superior
is similar to
below average in quality or performance
"a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"
bad
is similar to
(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
"base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal"
base
is similar to
of very poor quality; flimsy
bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny
is similar to
not of the highest quality or sophistication
bush, bush-league
is similar to
cheap and shoddy
"cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist
cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry
is similar to
of low or inferior quality or value
"of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
coarse, common
is similar to
made coarse or crude by lack of skill
coarsened
is similar to
of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior
"commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic acid"
commercial, commercial-grade
is similar to
of very poor quality or condition
"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched
is similar to
(usually preceded by `no') lower in quality
"no less than perfect"
less
is similar to
of inferior quality
low-grade
is similar to
moderate to inferior in quality
"they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
mediocre, second-rate
is similar to
(British informal) very poor in quality
"ropey food"; "a ropey performance"
ropey, ropy
is similar to
inferior in size or quality
"scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"
scrawny, scrubby, stunted
is similar to
of inferior status or quality
"a second-class citizen"; "second-class accommodations"
second-class
is similar to
of lesser quality than second-rate
third-rate
is similar to
used of beef; usable but inferior
utility, utility-grade
see also
(superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition
"the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year"
worst
is an attribute of
a degree or grade of excellence or worth
"the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"
caliber, calibre, quality
written or printed below and to one side of another character
inferior, subscript
having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit
"Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
inferior
antonym
superior
domain category
the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
astronomy, uranology
lower than a given reference point
"inferior alveolar artery"
inferior
is similar to
situated at the bottom or lowest position
"the bottom drawer"
bottom
domain category
the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
anatomy, general anatomy
falling short of some prescribed norm
"substandard housing"
deficient, inferior, substandard
is derived from
inferiority