inferior
Below the mark
Inferior means lower in rank, quality, or position.
An inferior product falls short of standards.
An inferior officer answers to superiors.
The word often carries judgment—calling someone's work inferior is dismissive: He made her feel inferior.
In anatomy, inferior means situated below: the inferior vena cava lies lower than the superior.
As a noun, an inferior is someone of lower rank: He treated his inferiors with contempt.
One lower in rank
- underlingPerson of lower rank
- juniorLower in standing
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- assistantOne who aids another
aide · minion · lackey · peon · apprentice · acolyte · follower · henchman
Lower in degree
- secondaryLesser in rank
- substandardBelow required quality
- second-classLower in rank
- outrankedHeld higher position than
outclassed · surpassed · eclipsed · overshadowed · bested · subordinate · ancillary · peripheral
Below required quality
- shoddyOf poor craftsmanship
- defectiveHaving inherent faults
- faultyHaving defects or errors
- mediocreOf only moderate quality
cheap · low-grade · subpar · flimsy · poor · second-rate · third-rate · unreliable
Reduce or move downward
- beneathIn a lower position
- belowAt a lower position
- bottomLowest point or underside
- underneathIn position below
underside · nether · subterranean · underground · basement · downstairs · depths · sunken
Having many interconnected parts
- self-doubtUncertainty about oneself
- inadequacyState of being insufficient
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
- shamePainful awareness of failure
worthlessness · low self-esteem · self-deprecation · submissiveness · deference · compensation · overcompensation
subordinate
One lower in rank
assistant · aide · minion · lackey · peon · apprentice · acolyte · follower · henchman · vassal
lesser
Lower in degree
- secondaryLesser in rank
- substandardBelow required quality
- second-classLower in rank
outranked · outclassed · surpassed · eclipsed · overshadowed · bested · subordinate · ancillary · peripheral · marginal
substandard
Below required quality
mediocre · cheap · low-grade · subpar · flimsy · poor · second-rate · third-rate · unreliable · dilapidated
lower
Reduce or move downward
underneath · underside · nether · subterranean · underground · basement · downstairs · depths · sunken · recessed
complex
Having many interconnected parts
- self-doubtUncertainty about oneself
- inadequacyState of being insufficient
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
shame · worthlessness · low self-esteem · self-deprecation · submissiveness · deference · compensation · overcompensation
mandible
Lower facial bone
- vena cavaLarge vessel entering heart
- mesentericOf abdominal organ supports
- lobeRounded projecting part
orbital · temporal · maxillary · gluteal · labial · cervical · oblique · turbinate · alveolar · epigastric
- rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
- Spanish adjectivesbueno, excelente, terrible, magnifico, horrible
- statusstatus, prestige, ranking, reputation, elite
- shoddinessslipshod, slapdash, hack job, botch job, botch
- anatomybrain, heart, bones, liver, stomach
- spatial adjectivesupper, lower, inner, outer, front
- inferiority complexChronic sense of inadequacy
- inferiority complexesBeliefs of being lesser
- inferior vena cavaMajor vein to heart
- inferior colliculusMidbrain auditory relay nucleus
- inferior turbinateLowest nasal cavity bone
- inferior ovaryOvary below floral attachments
inferior colliculus, inferior vena cava, inferiority, inferiors, inferiorities, inferiority complex