inferior

(a) of or characteristic of low rank or importance
(a) of low or inferior quality
(a) written or printed below and to one side of another character subscript,
(a) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit
- Mercury and Venus are inferior planets
(s) lower than a given reference point
- inferior alveolar artery
(s) falling short of some prescribed norm
- substandard housing
substandard, deficient,

Nouns

(n) one of lesser rank or station or quality
(n) a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character subscript,

Synonyms

subscript substandard deficient

Antonyms

higher-up superior superordinate superscript adscript

See also

low subordinate low-level worst

Words of close approximity

inferior alveolar artery inferior cerebellar artery inferior cerebral vein inferior colliculus inferior conjunction inferior court inferior epigastric vein inferiority inferiority complex inferior labial artery inferior labial vein inferior mesenteric artery inferior ophthalmic vein inferior planet inferior pulmonary vein inferior rectus inferior rectus muscle inferior thalamostriate vein inferior thyroid vein inferior vena cava inferior vocal cord inferior vocal fold