Word Meanings - INFERIOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer. Inferior court , a court subject to the jurisdiction of another court known as the superior, or higher, court. -- Inferior letter, Inferior figure , a small letter or figure standing at the

Additional info about word: INFERIOR

Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer. Inferior court , a court subject to the jurisdiction of another court known as the superior, or higher, court. -- Inferior letter, Inferior figure , a small letter or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to superior letter or figure), as in A2, Bn, 2 and n are inferior characters. -- Inferior tide, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit of the meridian, when below the horizon. (more info) underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F. inférieur. See 1. Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath. A thousand inferior and particular propositions. I. Watts. The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior nature. Burke. Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge. Dryden. 2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods. Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus. Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian, Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx. On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INFERIOR)

• Lower
• Inferior
• Minor
• Less
• inferior
• junior
• younger
• unimportant
• Puny
• Petty
• undeveloped
• undersized
• feeble
• pigmy
• dwarfish
• small
• tiny
• Secondary
• Subordinate
• minor
• resultant
• induced
• Small
• Little
• diminutive
• slight
• minute
• trivial
• insignificant
• paltry
• narrow
• mean
• weak
• slender
• fine

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of INFERIOR)

• Hoist
• raise
• heighten
• exalt
• increase
• aggrandize
• elevate
• Regard
• respect
• notice
• observe

Related words: (words related to INFERIOR)

• MINOR
  Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third. Asia Minor , the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north, and the Mediterranean on the south. -- Minor mode , that mode,
• SLIGHTNESS
  The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
• INDUCER
  One who, or that which, induces or incites.
• INFERIORLY
  In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part.
• SLIGHTEN
  To slight. B. Jonson.
• RAISE
  To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to create it. Burrill. To raise a blockade , to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
• RAISED
  1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work. 2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4. Raised
• LOWERMOST
  Lowest.
• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• SLIGHTINGLY
  In a slighting manner.
• NOTICE
  1. The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note. How ready is envy to mingle with the notices we take of other persons ! I. Watts. 2. Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge
• EXALTMENT
  Exaltation. Barrow.
• HOIST
  To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. Pope. Hoisting him into his father's throne.
• LITTLENESS
  The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc. Syn. -- Smallness; slightness; inconsiderableness; narrowness; insignificance; meanness; penuriousness.
• RESPECTER
  One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards or judges with partiality. Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x.
• INDUCTORIUM
  An induction coil.
• INSIGNIFICANT
  1. Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words. 2. Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose; unimportant; valueless; futile. Laws must be insignificant without the sanction of rewards and
• HOISTWAY
  An opening for the hoist, or
• HOISTAWAY
  A mechanical lift. See Elevator.
• INSIGNIFICANTLY
  without significance, importance, or effect; to no purpose. "Anger insignificantly fierce." Cowper.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• WILLOWER
  A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
• WINDFLOWER
  The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• FLOWERY-KIRTLED
  Dressed with garlands of flowers. Milton.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• CAULIFLOWER
  An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable. 2. The edible head or "curd" of a caulifower plant. (more info) caulis, and by E. flower; F. chou cabbage is fr. L.
• DISRESPECTABILITY
  Want of respectability. Thackeray.
• FLOWER-DE-LUCE
  A genus of perennial herbs with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem. Note: There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the north
• MISRAISE
  To raise or exite unreasonable. "Misraised fury." Bp. Hall.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• WALLOWER
  A lantern wheel; a trundle. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, wallows.
• INSUBORDINATE
  Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous
• FLOWERY
  1. Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms. 2. Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style. Milton. The flowery kingdom, China.
• MISOBSERVE
  To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.