inferior

/ɪnˈfɪəɹɪə//ɪnˈfɪ(ə)ɹiɚ/
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Word Statistics

Difficulty LevelIntermediate

Standard vocabulary

Word FrequencyVery Common

Used frequently in everyday conversation

Syllables3

Moderate complexity

Analysis:

  • Common vocabulary word
noun

1. A person of lower stature to another

"As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want."

Antonyms: superior

Antonyms

adjective

1. Of lower quality

"Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades."

2. Of lower rank

"an inferior officer"

3. Located below

4. 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.

5. On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.

6. Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.

"the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus"

7. Below the horizon.

"the inferior part of a meridian"

Antonyms

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