Details of word INFERIOR

Definition of inferior

a. - Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
a. - Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
a. - Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
a. - Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
a. - 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.
a. - On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.
a. - Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
n. - A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.

Word "inferior" contains 8 letters : E F I I N O R R

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