inferior

Meaning

Adj

1. Lower in rank, status, or quality.
2. Lower in rank, status, or quality.
3. Lower in rank, status, or quality.
4. Lower in rank, status, or quality.
5. Located below:
6. Located below:
7. Located below:
8. Located below:
9. Located below:
10. Located below:
11. 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.

Opposite of

superior

Synonyms

subordinate

bad

👎

low

poor

lower

shoddy

mean

junior

second-rate

base

secondary

subscript

second

2nd

worse

humble

worthless

defective

low-grade

deficient

substandard

lowest

weak

underling

under

subsidiary

vile

nether

feeble

assistant

imperfect

cheap

wicked

young

useless

trashy

vulgar

of poor quality

minor

lower class

subject

later

coarse

least

cheesy

less

deteriorated

degraded

bottom

insufficient

degenerating

Translations

inferiore

inférieur

inferior

inferior

minderwertig

minderwaardig

κατώτερος

inferieur

untergeordnet

nieder

inferior

unter

unterlegen

luogo inferiore

di valore scadente

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə/

Etymology

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