| noun | one of lesser rank or station or quality |
| noun | a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character |
| adjective | of or characteristic of low rank or importance |
| adjective | of low or inferior quality |
| adjective | written or printed below and to one side of another character |
| adjective | having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit “Mercury and Venus are inferior planets” |
| adjective | lower than a given reference point “inferior alveolar artery” |
| adjective | falling short of some prescribed norm “substandard housing” |
| subscript | adjective | written or printed below and to one side of another character |
| inferiority | noun | an inferior quality |
| subscript | noun | a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character |
| deficiency | noun | the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable |