What is another word for inferior?
957 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnfˈi͡əɹɪə], [ ɪnfˈiəɹɪə], [ ɪ_n_f_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə]
Inferior is a word that describes something or someone of lower quality, lower rank or status, or less importance than another thing or person. There are several synonyms for inferior, including substandard, shabby, second-rate, mediocre, low-quality, poor, inadequate, and inferior quality. The word "substandard" implies that something is below the established standard, while low-quality means of a low standard or quality compared to others. "Shabby" implies an unkempt appearance or poor condition, while "second-rate" implies something that is not as good as the best. "Mediocre," on the other hand, describes something that is average or ordinary, while "poor" and "inadequate" describe something that is unsatisfactory or insufficient.
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Similar words for inferior:
- bad (adjective)
- baseborn (adjective)
- cheap (adjective)
- crappy (adjective)
- deficient (adjective)
- disappointing (adjective)
- feeble (adjective)
- inferior (adjective)
- lousy (adjective)
- low (adjective)
- lowly (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- mediocre (adjective)
- no-account (adjective)
- no-good (adjective)
- poor (adjective)
- servile (adjective)
- subordinate (adjective)
- trashy (adjective)
- unacceptable (adjective)
- unimportant (adjective)
- vulgar (adjective)
- young (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- average, commonplace (adjective)
- average; not distinctive (adjective)
- bastard (adjective)
- below normal (adjective)
- below par (adjective)
- cheap, worth very little (adjective)
- coarse (adjective)
- common (adjective)
- contemptible (adjective)
- crummy (adjective)
- declassed (adjective)
- dependent (adjective)
- despicable, shameful (adjective)
- destitute, shabby (adjective)
- down (adjective)
- garden-variety (adjective)
- ignoble (adjective)
- illegitimate (adjective)
- inconsiderable (adjective)
- ineffective (adjective)
- ineffective/ineffectual (adjective)
- ineffectual (adjective)
- inefficacious (adjective)
- insignificant, small (adjective)
- junior (adjective)
- less in rank, importance (adjective)
- low, coarse (adjective)
- lowly, unworthy (adjective)
- minor (adjective)
- minor-league (adjective)
- miserable (adjective)
- of no use; without value (adjective)
- ordinary (adjective)
- petty (adjective)
- poor; of or in inferior circumstances (adjective)
- puny (adjective)
- rough, unrefined (adjective)
- rude, offensive (adjective)
- second (adjective)
- second-rate (adjective)
- second-rate in quality (adjective)
- secondary (adjective)
- shoddy (adjective)
- small (adjective)
- smalltime (adjective)
- subject (adjective)
- subservient (adjective)
- two-bit (adjective)
- wanting (adjective)
- worst (adjective)
- worthless (adjective)
- wretched (adjective)
- under (adverb)
- base (noun)
- bum (noun)
- cardboard (noun)
- cheap (noun)
- cheapjack (noun)
- chintzy (noun)
- coarsened (noun)
- commercial (noun)
- deplorable (noun)
- execrable (noun)
- flimsy (noun)
- junior-grade (noun)
- low-grade (noun)
- lower-ranking (noun)
- lowly (noun)
- middle-level (noun)
- modest (noun)
- nonstandard (noun)
- one who finishes second (noun)
- outclassed (noun)
- person of lesser rank, importance (noun)
- ropey (noun)
- ropy (noun)
- scrawny (noun)
- scrubby (noun)
- second best (noun)
- sleazy (noun)
- stunted (noun)
- subaltern (noun)
- subordinate (noun)
- subscript (noun)
- substandard (noun)
- tawdry (noun)
- tinny (noun)
- underling (noun)
- utility (noun)
- utility-grade (noun)
- woeful (noun)
- below (preposition)
- divisional
- inexperienced
- petty
- second-class
- unsatisfactory
- worse
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Inferior:
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adj.
• bad- arrant ,
- bad ,
- baneful ,
- black ,
- bottom out ,
- cruddy ,
- defective ,
- detrimental ,
- displeasing ,
- faulty ,
- godawful ,
- grody ,
- ill-suited ,
- inadequate ,
- inadvisable ,
- invalid ,
- irremediable ,
- not good ,
- poor ,
- the pits ,
- unfavorable ,
- unpleasant ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- unsound ,
- vile ,
- wretched ,
- wrong ,
- junky ,
- most inferior ,
- sad .
- lower-class ,
- lowerclass ,
- more lower class ,
- more lower-class ,
- more lowerclass ,
- most lower class ,
- most lower-class ,
- most lowerclass .
- flawed ,
- found wanting ,
- not cut out for ,
- not enough ,
- not make it ,
- not up to scratch ,
- outta gas ,
- unassembled ,
- incomplete ,
- meager ,
- rarest ,
- third string .
- puny .
- below ,
- dependent ,
- junior ,
- lesser ,
- second ,
- subject ,
- subordinate ,
- subservient ,
- under ,
- underling .
- bottommost ,
- cut rate ,
- cut-rate ,
- ground level ,
- ground-level ,
- low-lying ,
- low-set ,
- lowset ,
- marked down ,
- not high ,
- rock-bottom ,
- uncostly ,
- unelevated ,
- low-hanging ,
- rock bottom ,
- squatty .
- Genuflecting ,
- Subjected ,
- acquiescent ,
- attending ,
- biddable ,
- browbeaten ,
- complaisant ,
- curtsying ,
- deferential ,
- devoted ,
- docile ,
- downtrodden ,
- dutiful ,
- feudal ,
- groveling ,
- humble ,
- kowtowing ,
- menial ,
- obedient ,
- servile ,
- slavish ,
- submissive ,
- willing ,
- yielding .
- deficient ,
- inadmissible ,
- inappropriate ,
- insufficient ,
- intolerable ,
- unacceptable ,
- unsuitable ,
- untenable .
- Misborn ,
- fakest ,
- impure ,
- mis begotten ,
- mis born ,
- mis-begotten ,
- mis-born ,
- more misborn ,
- more mongrel ,
- more ungenuine ,
- most misborn ,
- most mongrel ,
- most ungenuine ,
- un genuine ,
- un-genuine ,
- ungenuine .
- more off form ,
- more off-form ,
- more offform ,
- most off form ,
- most off-form ,
- most offform ,
- not oneself ,
- off form ,
- off-form ,
- offform ,
- under weather .
- chapped ,
- coarse grained ,
- coarse-grained ,
- coarsegrained ,
- grainy ,
- granular ,
- lumpy ,
- more chapped ,
- more coarse grained ,
- more coarse-grained ,
- more coarsegrained ,
- more particulate ,
- more rough hewn ,
- more rough-hewn ,
- more roughhewn ,
- more unpurified ,
- most chapped ,
- most coarse grained ,
- most coarse-grained ,
- most coarsegrained ,
- most particulate ,
- most rough hewn ,
- most rough-hewn ,
- most roughhewn ,
- most unpurified ,
- particulate ,
- poor quality ,
- rough hewn ,
- rough-hewn ,
- roughhewn ,
- un finished ,
- un polished ,
- un processed ,
- un purified ,
- un-finished ,
- un-polished ,
- un-processed ,
- un-purified ,
- unprocessed ,
- unpurified .
- characterless ,
- hackest ,
- low grade ,
- lowgrade ,
- middling ,
- more characterless ,
- most characterless ,
- prosier ,
- prosiest ,
- prosy ,
- second-class ,
- secondclass ,
- un distinguished ,
- un-distinguished .
- Despisable ,
- Heeler ,
- currish ,
- de generate ,
- de testable ,
- de-generate ,
- de-testable ,
- dis gusting ,
- dis-gusting ,
- heel ,
- heelest ,
- low down ,
- low-down ,
- lowdown ,
- more currish ,
- more despisable ,
- more low down ,
- more low-down ,
- more lowdown ,
- more outcast ,
- more swinish ,
- most despisable ,
- most low down ,
- most low-down ,
- most lowdown ,
- most outcast ,
- most swinish ,
- out cast ,
- out-cast ,
- outcast ,
- scummier ,
- scummiest ,
- scummy ,
- scurvier ,
- scurviest ,
- scurvy ,
- swinish ,
- un worthier ,
- un worthiest ,
- un-worthier ,
- un-worthiest .
- grottier ,
- grottiest ,
- grotty ,
- more third rate ,
- more third-rate ,
- more thirdrate ,
- most third rate ,
- most third-rate ,
- most thirdrate ,
- third rate ,
- third-rate ,
- thirdrate .
- Unsustaining ,
- de based ,
- de pendent ,
- de-based ,
- de-pendent ,
- more abased ,
- more humbled ,
- more under ,
- more unsustaining ,
- most abased ,
- most humbled ,
- most under ,
- most unsustaining ,
- tied apron strings ,
- tied to apron strings ,
- un sustaining ,
- un-sustaining ,
- under thumb .
- Earthward ,
- bottomward ,
- de pressed ,
- de scending ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-scending ,
- groundward ,
- more bottomward ,
- more cascading ,
- more declining ,
- more downgrade ,
- more dropping ,
- more earthward ,
- more gravitating ,
- more groundward ,
- more nether ,
- more precipitating ,
- more sagging ,
- more sliding ,
- more slipping ,
- more slumping ,
- more underneath ,
- most bottomward ,
- most cascading ,
- most declining ,
- most downgrade ,
- most dropping ,
- most earthward ,
- most gravitating ,
- most groundward ,
- most nether ,
- most precipitating ,
- most sagging ,
- most sliding ,
- most slipping ,
- most slumping ,
- most underneath ,
- slipping ,
- the bottom ,
- to bottom ,
- to the bottom ,
- under neath ,
- under-neath .
- de graded ,
- de-graded ,
- dis graceful ,
- dis honorable ,
- dis-graceful ,
- dis-honorable ,
- in famous ,
- more peasant ,
- most peasant ,
- un washed ,
- un-washed .
- in effective ,
- in-effective ,
- ineffective ,
- more emasculate ,
- more slack spined ,
- more slack-spined ,
- more slackspined ,
- most emasculate ,
- most slack spined ,
- most slack-spined ,
- most slackspined ,
- no go ,
- no way ,
- not effective ,
- slack spined ,
- slack-spined ,
- slackspined ,
- un available ,
- un-available .
- anti climactic ,
- anti-climactic ,
- anticlimactic ,
- de feasible ,
- de-feasible ,
- defeasible ,
- forceless ,
- in competent ,
- in decisive ,
- in effectual ,
- in efficient ,
- in nocuous ,
- in operative ,
- in vertebrate ,
- in-competent ,
- in-decisive ,
- in-effectual ,
- in-efficient ,
- in-nocuous ,
- in-operative ,
- in-vertebrate ,
- inefficient ,
- invertebrate ,
- more anticlimactic ,
- more defeasible ,
- more forceless ,
- more ineffective ,
- more invertebrate ,
- more neutralized ,
- most anticlimactic ,
- most defeasible ,
- most forceless ,
- most invertebrate ,
- most neutralized ,
- null and void ,
- null void ,
- un abler ,
- un ablest ,
- un availing ,
- un fruitful ,
- un productive ,
- un profitable ,
- un successful ,
- un-abler ,
- un-ablest ,
- un-availing ,
- un-fruitful ,
- un-productive ,
- un-profitable ,
- un-successful .
- more second string ,
- more second-string ,
- more secondstring ,
- most junior ,
- most second string ,
- most second-string ,
- most secondstring ,
- second-string ,
- secondstring .
- back seat ,
- bottom ,
- bottom-rung ,
- entry-level ,
- less ,
- lower ,
- minus ,
- nether ,
- peon ,
- second-banana ,
- secondary ,
- smaller ,
- subjacent ,
- subsidiary ,
- underneath .
- below mark ,
- below the mark ,
- bushleague ,
- in consequential ,
- in-consequential ,
- more accessory ,
- more small fry ,
- more small-fry ,
- more smallfry ,
- more younger ,
- most accessory ,
- most small fry ,
- most small-fry ,
- most smallfry ,
- most younger ,
- piddling ,
- small fry ,
- small-fry ,
- smallfry ,
- un-important .
- garden-variety ,
- more garden ,
- more unmemorable ,
- more unnoteworthy ,
- more white bread ,
- more white-bread ,
- more whitebread ,
- more workaday ,
- most garden ,
- most unmemorable ,
- most unnoteworthy ,
- most white bread ,
- most white-bread ,
- most whitebread ,
- most workaday ,
- stereo typed ,
- un eventful ,
- un memorable ,
- un noteworthy ,
- un remarkable ,
- un-eventful ,
- un-memorable ,
- un-noteworthy ,
- un-pretentious ,
- un-remarkable ,
- unmemorable ,
- unnoteworthy ,
- white bread ,
- white-bread ,
- whitebread ,
- workaday .
- in consequent ,
- in essential ,
- in-consequent ,
- in-essential ,
- more nickel and dime ,
- more nickel-and-dime ,
- more peanut ,
- more penny ante ,
- more penny-ante ,
- more pennyante ,
- more pettifogging ,
- more shoestring ,
- most nickel and dime ,
- most nickel-and-dime ,
- most peanut ,
- most penny ante ,
- most penny-ante ,
- most pennyante ,
- most pettifogging ,
- most shoestring ,
- narrow minded ,
- narrowminded ,
- nickel and dime ,
- nickel-and-dime ,
- penny ante ,
- penny-ante ,
- pennyante ,
- scratcher ,
- scratchest ,
- shoestring ,
- small minded ,
- smallminded .
- mean .
- Unconsequential ,
- half pint ,
- half-pint ,
- halfpint ,
- in firm ,
- in firmer ,
- in firmest ,
- in-firmer ,
- in-firmest ,
- more half pint ,
- more half-pint ,
- more halfpint ,
- more nothing ,
- more peewee ,
- more pint sized ,
- more pint-sized ,
- more unconsequential ,
- more zero ,
- most half pint ,
- most half-pint ,
- most halfpint ,
- most nothing ,
- most peewee ,
- most pint sized ,
- most pint-sized ,
- most unconsequential ,
- most zero ,
- peewee ,
- pint sized ,
- pint-sized ,
- runter ,
- runtest ,
- shrimp ,
- shrimper ,
- shrimpest ,
- un consequential ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un substantial ,
- un-consequential ,
- un-developed ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-substantial ,
- under sized ,
- under-sized ,
- zilcher ,
- zilchest .
- more another ,
- more reproduction ,
- more runner up ,
- more runner-up ,
- more runnerup ,
- most another ,
- most reproduction ,
- most runner up ,
- most runner-up ,
- most runnerup ,
- next in order ,
- next order ,
- placer ,
- placest ,
- re-production ,
- runner up ,
- runner-up ,
- runnerup ,
- sub sequent ,
- sub-sequent .
- more second best ,
- more second-best ,
- more secondbest ,
- most second best ,
- most second-best ,
- most secondbest ,
- most secondrate ,
- second rate ,
- secondbest ,
- secondrate .
- Substract ,
- more backup ,
- more reserve ,
- more substract ,
- most backup ,
- most reserve ,
- most substract ,
- re lief ,
- re liefer ,
- re liefest ,
- re serve ,
- re-lief ,
- re-liefer ,
- re-liefest ,
- re-serve ,
- reliefer ,
- reliefest .
- broken down ,
- brokendown ,
- dis creditable ,
- dis reputable ,
- dis-creditable ,
- dis-reputable ,
- in glorious ,
- in-glorious ,
- more unrespectable ,
- most unrespectable ,
- not snuff ,
- not to snuff ,
- not up snuff ,
- not up to snuff ,
- schlocky ,
- shoddy ,
- un respectable ,
- un-respectable ,
- unrespectable .
- at feet ,
- at one feet ,
- at one's feet ,
- at ones feet ,
- bound by ,
- dis posed ,
- dis-posed ,
- enslaved ,
- ex posed ,
- ex-posed ,
- governed ,
- in danger of ,
- more enslaved ,
- more satellite ,
- more subaltern ,
- more subjugated ,
- most enslaved ,
- most satellite ,
- most subaltern ,
- most subjugated ,
- pro visional ,
- pro-nest ,
- sub best ,
- sub missive ,
- sub-best ,
- subber ,
- subbest .
- a slave to ,
- appurtenant ,
- at beck and call ,
- at beck call ,
- at mercy ,
- at one beck and call ,
- at one beck call ,
- at one mercy ,
- at one's beck and call ,
- at one's beck call ,
- at one's mercy ,
- at ones beck and call ,
- at ones beck call ,
- at ones mercy ,
- dancing ,
- flunkier ,
- flunkiest ,
- in clutches ,
- in one clutches ,
- in one pocket ,
- in one power ,
- in one's clutches ,
- in one's pocket ,
- in one's power ,
- in ones clutches ,
- in ones pocket ,
- in ones power ,
- in pocket ,
- in power ,
- more appurtenant ,
- more bootlicking ,
- more cowering ,
- more dancing ,
- more sycophantic ,
- most appurtenant ,
- most bootlicking ,
- most cowering ,
- most dancing ,
- most sycophantic ,
- re signed ,
- re-signed ,
- sycophantic ,
- under one thumb ,
- under one's thumb ,
- under ones thumb .
- catchpenny ,
- more catchpenny ,
- more rinky dink ,
- more rinky-dink ,
- more rinkydink ,
- most catchpenny ,
- most rinky dink ,
- most rinky-dink ,
- most rinkydink ,
- rinky dink ,
- rinky-dink ,
- rinkydink ,
- two bit ,
- twobit .
- be reft ,
- be-reft ,
- co oked ,
- co-oked ,
- de void ,
- de-void ,
- in default ,
- more away ,
- more cooked ,
- more unfulfilled ,
- most away ,
- most cooked ,
- most unfulfilled ,
- not good enough ,
- not par ,
- not to par ,
- not up par ,
- not up to par ,
- out gas ,
- out of gas ,
- too little too late ,
- un fulfilled ,
- un-fulfilled ,
- unfulfilled ,
- wanting .
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n.
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- ill at ease ,
- inhibited ,
- insecure ,
- lost ,
- minor league ,
- over ,
- retiring ,
- shy ,
- tentative ,
- timid ,
- uncertain ,
- unsure of yourself .
- base .
- bum .
- adherent ,
- attendant ,
- auxiliary ,
- deputy ,
- disciple ,
- follower ,
- hanger-on ,
- hireling ,
- minion ,
- satellite ,
- second banana ,
- sycophant .
- ropy .
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prep.
• below Other synonyms:
- Overrated ,
- bearable ,
- fallible ,
- livable ,
- low ,
- low quality ,
- makeshift ,
- smalltime ,
- undistinguished ,
- unimpressive ,
- unsatisfying ,
- unspectacular ,
- unusable .
- jar .
Other relevant words:
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How to use "Inferior" in context?
The term "inferior" has many different meanings and can be used to describe a range of things. In general, it can refer to something that is lower in quality or standing than something else. It can also be used to refer to someone or something who is not as good as others. Inferiority can be a source of frustration, demoralization, and even anger.
Inferiority can be a product of natural abilities or innate circumstance. There are always people who are better than others at some things, no matter how hard they try.
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Independent
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Adjective
bad, diminished, disadvantaged, inadequate, insufficient, junior, lesser, low-grade, low-level, lower-ranking, mediocre, minor, shoddy, short, smallest, substandard, weak, worst, shorter, low-quality, sub-standard, lower-level.
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Proper noun, singular
less.
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Adjective
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Proper noun, singular
lower.
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Proper noun, singular
Hyponym for Inferior:
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follower.
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