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inferior

 
Adjective inferior has 7 senses
  1. inferior - of or characteristic of low rank or importance
    Antonyms:
    superior, arch, condescending, patronizing, patronising, commanding, ranking, top-level, top-ranking, eminent, high, greatest, leading, preeminent, high-level, high-ranking, upper-level, majestic, olympian, superordinate, upper
  2. inferior - of low or inferior quality
    Antonyms:
    superior, ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, tops, banner, blue-ribbon, boss, brag, brilliant, superb, capital, choice, prime, prize, quality, select, excellent, first-class, fantabulous, fine, good, gilt-edged, greatest, sterling, superlative, high-performance, outstanding, premium, pukka, pucka, shining, spiffing, top-flight, top-hole, topping, transcendent, surpassing, well-made, supreme, weapons-grade
  3. junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern, subordinate - inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
    Antonym: senior (indirect, via junior)
  4. subscript, inferior - written or printed below and to one side of another character
  5. inferior - having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
    Antonym:
    superior
  6. inferior - lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery"
    Antonym:
    side (indirect, via top, bottom)
    Antonym: top (indirect, via bottom, side)
  7. deficient, inferior, substandard - falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
    Antonym: standard (indirect, via nonstandard)
Noun inferior has 2 senses
  1. inferior - one of lesser rank or station or quality
    --1 is a kind of
    follower
    Antonyms: superior, higher-up, superordinate
  2. subscript, inferior - a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
    --2 is a kind of character, grapheme, graphic symbol
inferable inferactive inferance infere inference inferences inferential inferior inferior inferior alveolar artery inferior cerebellar artery inferior cerebral vein inferior colliculus inferior conjunction inferior court inferior epigastric vein inferior labial artery

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