I think this one is inferior to that in quality.
Source: tatoeba (33534)
Inferior
/ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə/
Synonyms for "inferior" (343 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (69)
Strong matches (103)
everydayevilfairfeudalfeudatoryflunkeyflunkyfollowerfourth classfourth-classgimcrackgood-for-nothinghackhanger onhanger-onheelerhelperhenchmanhirelinghoi polloi
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homagerhopelesshumbleignobleillimmaterialimperfectimproperin the shadeinaccurateinadequateinappreciableinauspiciousincapableincapable ofincompetentinconsequentialinconsiderableindifferentineffectiveinefficientineptinessentialinexpedientinfra diginsignificantinsufficientinvalidirregularirrelevantjuniorjunkylackeylackinglesslesserlickspittleliegeliege manlightweightlittlelourlousylowlow classlow gradelow prioritylow testlow-classlow-gradelow-prioritylow-qualitylow-testlowerlower classlower orderslowestlowlymalevolentmarginalmassesmeanmediocremenial
Adjective(11 words)
insignificantjuniorlackeylesser itemlousierlow levellow qualitylower itemlower tierlowliermediocre quality
Related words (171)
mickey mousemiddlingminionminorminusminutemodestmyrmidonnegligiblenetherno great shakesno-accountno-goodnonessentialnot vitalof no accountof no consequenceof no matterof no significanceordinary
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paltrypawnpeccantpeonpetitpettyplebeianpoorpoor relationpunkpunyretainerright hand manright-hand manropysatellitesatrapscrubsecond bestsecond classsecond fiddlesecond ranksecond ratesecond stringsecond-bestsecond-classsecond-ratesecondaryseedyserfservantservileshabbyshoddyshortshort ofsimplesinfulsinisterslavesleazysmallsorrystoogesubsubalternsubjacentsubjectsubordinatesubservientsubstandardsycophanttackytawdrytechnicalthird classthird rankthird ratethird stringthird stringerthird-classthird-ratetinnytributaryunableunable tounderunderlingunderprivilegedunderstrapperunendowedunessentialunfavorableunfitunfittedungiftedunhealthyunimportantunimpressiveunkindunnoteworthyunpleasantunprofessionalunqualifiedunreachedunsatisfactoryunskillfuluntalenteduntowardunworthyvaluelessvassalviciousvulgarwantingwickedworthlesswretchedwrongyeomanyes manyes-man
Adjective(34 words)
minionminorninepennypalepaltriestpantsierpoor conditionpoor presentationpoor qualitypoorerpunierpunkestrubbishyscrubbyscruffyscuzzysecond rank statussecondaryshittiershoddier
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sixpennysuboptimalsubordinatesubordinate culturesubparsubprimesubscriptsubstandard itemsubstandard materialtattyunderlingungraded plywoodworsewretcheder
Determiner(1 words)
more bottom-surface
Noun(13 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
15 entriesMore specific
13 entriesinferior modelinferior productinferior samplejuniorlackeylow qualityminionminorpeonsecondarysubordinatesubstandardunderling
Collocations
7 entriesinferior complexinferior goodsinferior performanceinferior positioninferior qualityinferior sampleinferiors
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesAntonyms
2 entriessimilar
51 entriesShowing 16 of 51 words.
Translations
83 translations across 32 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ստորին adj (located below)
Bashkir
2 entries- кәм adj (of lower quality)
- ҡайтыш adj (of lower quality)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- नीच adj (of lower quality)
Bulgarian
4 entries- долен adj (located below)
- нискокачествен adj (of lower quality)
- по-нисш adj (of lower rank)
- подчинен adj (of lower rank)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 低劣 adj (of lower quality)
- 低賤 /低贱 adj (of lower rank)
Czech
2 entries- méněcenný adj (of lower rank)
- podřadný adj (of lower quality)
Danish
1 entries- underordnet adj (of lower rank)
Dutch
4 entries- inferieur adj (of lower quality)
- inferieur adj (of lower rank)
- lager adj (located below)
- minderwaardig adj (of lower quality)
Esperanto
1 entries- malsupra adj (of lower rank)
Finnish
4 entries- alempi adj (of lower rank)
- alempi adj (located below)
- alempiarvoinen adj (of lower rank)
- alhaisempi adj (located below)
French
2 entries- inférieur adj (of lower rank)
- inférieur adj (located below)
Galician
3 entries- inferior adj (of lower quality)
- inferior adj (of lower rank)
- inferior adj (located below)
Georgian
4 entries- დაბალხარისხიანი adj (of lower quality)
- დაბალხარისხოვანი adj (of lower quality)
- დამორჩილებული adj (of lower rank)
- დაქვემდებარებული adj (of lower rank)
German
4 entries- nachgeordnet adj (of lower rank)
- tiefer adj (located below)
- untergeordnet adj (of lower rank)
- unterlegen adj (of lower rank)
Greek
2 entries- κάτω adj (located below)
- κατώτερος adj (of lower rank)
Hindi
2 entries- अधोमानक adj (of lower quality)
- नीच adj (of lower quality)
Italian
3 entries- inferiore adj (of lower quality)
- inferiore adj (of lower rank)
- inferiore adj (located below)
Japanese
4 entries- 下級の adj (of lower rank)
- 下賎な adj (of lower rank)
- 劣る adj (of lower quality)
- 賎しい adj (of lower rank)
Latin
1 entries- secundārius adj (of lower quality)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- mindreverdig adj (of lower rank)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- mindreverdig adj (of lower rank)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- آشاغی adj (of lower quality)
- آشاغی adj (of lower rank)
- آشاغی adj (located below)
Polish
2 entries- podrzędny adj (of lower quality)
- pośledni adj (of lower quality)
Portuguese
1 entries- inferior adj (of lower quality)
Romanian
3 entries- inferior adj (of lower quality)
- inferior adj (of lower rank)
- inferior adj (located below)
Russian
4 entries- мла́дший adj (of lower rank)
- ни́жний adj (located below)
- ни́зший adj (of lower rank)
- нижестоя́щий adj (of lower rank)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अनार्य adj (of lower quality)
Spanish
4 entries- inferior adj (of lower quality)
- inferior adj (of lower rank)
- inferior adj (located below)
- malmatado adj (of lower rank)
Swedish
2 entries- undermålig adj (of lower quality)
- underordnad adj (of lower rank)
Turkish
2 entries- aşağı derecede olan adj (of lower quality)
- uyuz adj (of lower quality)
Ukrainian
3 entries- гірший adj (of lower quality)
- нижній adj (located below)
- підлеглий adj (of lower rank)
Walloon
2 entries- dizotrin adj (of lower rank)
- dizotrin adj (located below)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
This novel of his is inferior to the previous one.
Source: tatoeba (57466)
This machine is inferior to that one in durability.
Source: tatoeba (59817)
This wine is inferior to that one in flavor.
Source: tatoeba (60310)
Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.