inferior
Meaning of inferior
- lower in rank, status, or quality.
schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country
- low or lower in position.
ulcers located in the inferior and posterior wall of the duodenum
- (of a letter, figure, or symbol) written or printed below the line.
- a person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.
her social and intellectual inferiors
- an inferior letter, figure, or symbol.
late Middle English (in inferior (sense 2 of the adjective)): from Latin, comparative of inferus ‘low’.
Information about inferior
- The plural form of inferior is: inferiors.
- Languages in which inferior is used:
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Catalan
GalicianHyphenation of inferior
in-fe-rior
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- inferior is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
inferior synonyms
Meaning junior-grade:
lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern, subordinate
Meaning subscript:
Meaning deficient:
Meaning not so great or important as the other or the rest:
Meaning lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance:
Meaning less important; subordinate:
Meaning of low social, administrative, or political rank:
Meaning (of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige:
Meaning low or lower in rank or status:
Meaning less important than but related or supplementary to something:
Meaning providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, system, etc:
Meaning a person lower in status or rank:
Meaning a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one:
Meaning a female dog, wolf, fox, or otter:
inferior antonyms
Meaning higher in rank, status, or quality:
Meaning of or for older or more experienced people:
Translation of inferior
- Spanish: inferior
- French: inférieur
- Italian: nferiore
- Portuguese: inferior
- German: minderwertig
Words that rhyme with inferior
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