In America everybody is of opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors.
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Inferiors
Synonyms for "inferiors" (287 found)
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Closest matches (58)
Strong matches (86)
downearlieremployeeeverydayevilfairfeudalfeudatoryflunkeyflunkyfollowerfourth classfourth-classgimcrackgood-for-nothinghackhanger onhanger-onheelerhelper
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henchmanhirelinghoi polloihomagerhopelessignobleillimmaterialimperfectimproperin the shadeinaccurateinadequateinappreciableinauspiciousincapableincapable ofincompetentinconsequentialinconsiderableineffectiveinefficientineptinessentialinexpedientinfra diginsignificantinsufficientinvalidirregularirrelevantjuniorjunkylackeylackinglesserlickspittleliegeliege manlightweightlittlelourlousylowlow classlow gradelow levellow prioritylow testlow-classlow-gradelow-prioritylow-qualitylow-testlowerlower classlower orderslowestlowlymalevolentmarginalmassesmeanmediocre
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
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menialmickey mousemiddle levelmiddlingminionminorminusminutemodestmyrmidonnegligiblenetherno great shakesno-accountno-goodnonessentialnot vitalof no accountof no consequenceof no matter
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of no significanceordinaryoutclassedpaltrypawnpeccantpeonpetitpettyplebeianpoorpoor relationpunkpunyretainerright hand manright-hand manropeyropysatellitesatrapscrawnyscrubsecond bestsecond classsecond fiddlesecond ranksecond ratesecond stringsecond-bestsecond-classsecond-ratesecondaryseedyserfservantservileshabbyshoddyshortshort ofsimplesinfulsinisterslavesleazysmallsorrystoogesubsubalternsubjacentsubjectsubordinatesubscriptsubservientsycophanttackytechnicalthird classthird rankthird ratethird stringthird stringerthird-classthird-ratetinnytributaryunableunable tounderunderlingunderprivilegedunderstrapperunendowedunessentialunfavorableunfitunfittedungiftedunhealthyunimportantunimpressiveunkindunnoteworthyunpleasantunprofessionalunqualifiedunreachedunsatisfactoryunskillfuluntalenteduntowardunworthyutility gradevaluelessvassalviciousvulgarwantingwickedworthlesswretchedwrongyeomanyes manyes-man
Adjective(2 words)
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Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Although I was the eldest son in the family, I was the third child in the sequence, so everyone from superiors to inferiors called Yun “third lady.”
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Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
Source: tatoeba (907481)
In the United States everybody is of the opinion that they have no social superiors, since all men are equal, but they do not admit that they have no social inferiors.
Source: tatoeba (1355095)
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