- lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- lower in place or position; closer to the bottom or base: descending into the inferior regions of the earth.
- of comparatively low grade; poor in quality; substandard: an inferior product.
- less important, valuable, or worthy: B+ bonds are inferior to AAA bonds.
- acting or performing in a way that is comparatively poor or mediocre: an inferior observer of human nature.
- Botany.
- situated below some other organ.
- (of a calyx) inserted below the ovary.
- (of an ovary) having a superior calyx.
- Anatomy. (of an organ or part)
- lower in place or position; situated beneath another.
- toward the feet.
- lying below the horizon: the inferior part of a meridian.
- written or printed low on a line of text, as the “2” in H2O; subscript.
- a person inferior to another or others, as in rank or merit.
- a letter, number, or symbol written or printed low on a line of text.
- lower in value or quality
- lower in rank, position, or status; subordinate
- not of the best; mediocre; commonplace
- lower in position; situated beneath
- (of a plant ovary) enclosed by and fused with the receptacle so that it is situated below the other floral parts
- astronomy
- orbiting or occurring between the sun and the earth
- lying below the horizon
- (of a character) printed at the foot of an ordinary character, as the 2 in H 2 O
- an inferior person
- an inferior character
