inferior
n.
person who ranks lower than another, subordinate
adj.
subordinate, of low rank; of lesser importance; near the bottom; poor in quality, substandard; located under or below
Anatomical terms of location
In sciences dealing with the anatomy of animals, precise anatomical terms of location are necessary for a variety of reasons. Non-scientists often wonder why
zoological and human
anatomists use complex
terminology to describe locations on a body, when common terms like "up", "down", "top" and "bottom" could be used instead.
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inferior
Noun
1. one of lesser rank or station or quality
(antonym) superior, higher-up, superordinate
(hypernym) follower
2. a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
(synonym) subscript
(hypernym) character, grapheme, graphic symbol
Adjective
1. of or characteristic of low rank or importance
(antonym) superior
(similar) humble, low, lowly, modest, small
(see-also) low
2. of low or inferior quality
(antonym) superior
(similar) bad
(see-also) worst
(attribute) quality, caliber, calibre
3. inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
(synonym) junior-grade, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern, subordinate
(similar) junior
4. written or printed below and to one side of another character
(synonym) subscript
(classification) printing, printing process
5. having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
(antonym) superior
(classification) astronomy, uranology
6. lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery"
(similar) bottom(a)
(classification) anatomy, general anatomy
7. falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
(synonym) deficient, substandard
(similar) nonstandard
inferior
prep.
below, under
pref.
under
adj.
lower; inferior; base; less
inferior (m)
n.
inferior, person who ranks lower than another, subordinate
inferior
n.
less, without, lacking
adv.
below, hereinafter
prep.
under, below, beneath