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inferior

inferior is a 8-letter English word with 16 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 16 senses

Definitions

  1. 1adjective

    Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

  2. 2adjective

    Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.

  3. 3adjective

    Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.

  4. 4adjective

    Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.

  5. 5adjective

    Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.

  6. 6adjective

    On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.

  7. 7adjective

    Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.

  8. 8noun

    A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.

  9. 9noun

    a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

    Synonyms

    subscript
  10. 10noun

    one of lesser rank or station or quality

  11. 11adjective

    falling short of some prescribed norm

    "substandard housing"

    Synonyms

    deficientsubstandard
  12. 12adjective

    of or characteristic of low rank or importance

  13. 13adjective

    of low or inferior quality

  14. 14adjective

    having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit

    "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"

  15. 15adjective

    written or printed below and to one side of another character

    Synonyms

    subscript
  16. 16adjective

    lower than a given reference point

    "inferior alveolar artery"

Synonyms

subscriptdeficientsubstandard

Common word forms

inferiorsinferiorlyinferiorityinferiorizeinferiorness

Words from these letters

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