Inferior

/ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə/

Synonyms for "inferior" (343 found)

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Closest matches (69)

Strong matches (103)

Related words (171)

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Adjective(34 words)
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Determiner(1 words)
more bottom-surface
Noun(13 words)
more lab-grademore mediocrenon cabinet-grade varnishpinchepoor craftsmanshiprotgutsuboptimal healthsubordinate tosubscriptthe lessunderbodywhackworst
Verb(1 words)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

15 entries
beingcharacterdescriptive adjectiveentityfollowergraphgraphemegraphic symbolimportance descriptoritemobjectorganizational termpersonpriority descriptorrank descriptor

More specific

13 entries
inferior modelinferior productinferior samplejuniorlackeylow qualityminionminorpeonsecondarysubordinatesubstandardunderling

Collocations

7 entries
inferior complexinferior goodsinferior performanceinferior positioninferior qualityinferior sampleinferiors

Inflections

3 entries
inferiorsmore inferiormost inferior

Derivations

2 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

similar

51 entries

Showing 16 of 51 words.

Translations

83 translations across 32 languages.

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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.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I think this one is inferior to that in quality.

Source: tatoeba (33534)

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)

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