Inferior - English meaning

ɪnˈfɪə.ri.ər

Inferior – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Lower in rank, status, or quality.
Usage examples:
Schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country
Synonims:
Lower in statusLesserSecond-classSecond-fiddleMinorSubservientLowlyHumbleMenialNot very importantNot so importantBelow someoneBeneath someoneUnder someone's heelLower-rankingLo
adjective
Low or lower in position.
Usage examples:
Ulcers located in the inferior and posterior wall of the duodenum
adjective
(of a letter, figure, or symbol) written or printed below the line.
Usage examples:
Reservation 2: nunn points out that inferior lines have, for the most part, been left out of this b…

noun
A person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.
Usage examples:
Her social and intellectual inferiors
Synonims:
SubordinateJuniorUnderlingMinionMenialBitch
noun
An inferior letter, figure, or symbol.
Usage examples:
This mark indicates that the letter is superior to an inferior.

adjective
Not good, or not as good as someone or something else
Usage examples:
Inferior to these products are inferior to those we bought last year., she cited cases in which wom…

adjective
Lower, or of lower rank
Usage examples:
An inferior officer

adjective
Of the lower surface of a body part

adjective
Used to refer to a body part that is below another body part
Usage examples:
The inferior alveolar artery

noun
Someone who is considered to be less important than other people
Usage examples:
He regarded most men as his social, moral, and intellectual inferiors.

Inferior translation into English

Inferior: translate from English into Chinese

下, 劣势, 劣, 低劣, 亚, 不及, 低等, 逊, 弱, 卑, 庸, 下等

Inferior: translate from English into Dutch

Inferieur, Minderwaardig, Minder, Mindere, Ondergeschikt

Inferior: translate from English into French

Inférieur

Inferior: translate from English into German

Unterlegen, Minderwertig, Geringer, Niedriger, Schlecht, Untergeordnet, Minder, Unterständig

Inferior: translate from English into Hindi

अवर, नीचा, हीन, घटिया, निम्न, न्यून, रद्दी, हलका, निचला

Inferior: translate from English into Italian

Inferiore, Minore, Scadente, Subalterno, Subordinato

Inferior: translate from English into Korean

못한, 밑에 붙이는, 손아랫 사람, 밑에 붙이는 문자, 밑에 붙이는 숫자, 하위의, 보다하위의

Inferior: translate from English into Russian

Низший, Нижний, Худший, Подчиненный, Плохой, Подстрочный, Расположенный ниже, Нижележащий, Младший по чину, Стоящий ниже

Inferior: translate from English into Spanish

Inferior, Algo de inferioridad

Word origin

late Middle English (in inferior (sense 2 of the adjective)): from Latin, comparative of inferus ‘low’.

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Inferior – similar words

inferiority

ɪnˌfɪə.riˈɒr.ə.ti

noun
The condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others.
Usage examples:
They were exiled or degraded to a position of inferiority

noun
The state of not being good, or not as good as someone or something else
Usage examples:
His ill treatment as a child had given him a strong sense of inferiority., women had a position of …

Inferiority - all meanings in English

Inferior synonims

bitch

bɪtʃ

noun
A female dog, wolf, fox, or otter.
Usage examples:
A female puppy or bitch reaches sexual maturity at roughly the same age as a male; however, there a…

verb
Make spitefully critical comments.
Usage examples:
Everybody was bitching about their colleagues

noun
A female dog

Bitch - all meanings in English

humble

ˈhʌm.bəl

adjective
Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's importance.
Usage examples:
I felt very humble when meeting her

verb
Cause (someone) to feel less important or proud.
Usage examples:
He was humbled by his many ordeals

adjective
Tending to consider yourself as having no special importance that makes you better than others; not proud
Usage examples:
He’s a humble man and he’s not comfortable talking about his own achievements., she rose from humbl…

Humble - all meanings in English

junior

ˈdʒuː.ni.ər

adjective
For or denoting young or younger people.
Usage examples:
Junior tennis

noun
A person who is a specified number of years younger than someone else.
Usage examples:
He's five years her junior

adjective
Less advanced, or lower in rank
Usage examples:
The junior varsity, alfredo is a junior partner in the law firm., he was born in april, so he’s thr…

Junior - all meanings in English

lesser

ˈles.ər

adjective
Not so great or important as the other or the rest.
Usage examples:
He was convicted of a lesser assault charge

adjective
Not as great in size, amount, or importance as something else
Usage examples:
Texas and, to a lesser degree, oklahoma will be affected by the drought.

adjective
Used to describe something that is not as great in size, amount, or importance as something else
Usage examples:
A lesser man (= a man who was not as strong or brave) might have given up at that point., the charg…

Lesser - all meanings in English

lo

ləʊ

exclamation
Used to draw attention to an interesting or amazing event.
Usage examples:
And lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them

noun
A person's young son or daughter (particularly used in online forums).
Usage examples:
My lo doesn't nap during the day

Lo - all meanings in English

lower-ranking

adjective
Positioned below one or more similar things, or of the bottom part ...

Lower-ranking - all meanings in English

lowly

adjective
Low in status or importance; humble.
Usage examples:
She'd been too good for her lowly position

adverb
To a low degree; in a low manner.
Usage examples:
Lowly paid workers

adjective
Not having importance or rank
Usage examples:
In chess it is possible for the lowly pawn to become the most powerful piece on the board.

Lowly - all meanings in English

menial

adjective
(of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige.
Usage examples:
Menial factory jobs

noun
A person with a menial job.
Usage examples:
Despite tall claims that a determined attempt to eradicate child labour has been initiated, hundred…

Menial - all meanings in English

minion

noun
A follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one.
Usage examples:
He gets oppressed minions like me to fob them off

noun
A person who is not important and who has to do what another person of higher rank orders them to do
Usage examples:
He sent one of his minions to do something about it.

Minion - all meanings in English

minor

adjective
Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.
Usage examples:
She requested a number of minor alterations

noun
A person under the age of full legal responsibility.
Usage examples:
The court would take account of the minor's wishes

verb
Short for minor suit.
Usage examples:
A bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors

Minor - all meanings in English

second-class

adjective
Considered to be less important or of lower quality than others
Usage examples:
The poor are treated as second-class citizens.

adjective
Relating to the normal level of service offered, especially on a train
Usage examples:
She was sitting in one of the second-class compartments., second-class fares/tickets/travel, a seco…

Second-class - all meanings in English

subordinate

adjective
Lower in rank or position.
Usage examples:
His subordinate officers

noun
A person under the authority or control of another within an organization.
Usage examples:
He was mild-mannered, especially with his subordinates

verb
Treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else.
Usage examples:
Practical considerations were subordinated to political expediency

Subordinate - all meanings in English

subservient

adjective
Prepared to obey others unquestioningly.
Usage examples:
She was subservient to her parents

adjective
Willing to do what other people want, or considering your wishes as less important than those of other people
Usage examples:
In the past, women were viewed as subservient to men., your subservience to your boss disgusts me.

adjective
Willing to do what another person, organization, etc. wants, and considering your aims or wishes to be less important than those of others
Usage examples:
A subservient position/role, subservient to sb/sth critics say the federal aviation agency remains …

Subservient - all meanings in English

underling

noun
A person lower in status or rank.
Usage examples:
She was shouting orders at underlings between gulps of coffee

noun
A person of low rank and little authority who works for someone more important
Usage examples:
She surrounded herself with underlings who were too afraid of her to answer back.

Underling - all meanings in English

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