adj poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
2. inferior ·adj junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
3. inferior ·adj below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
4. inferior ·adj on the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.
5. inferior ·noun a person lower in station, rank, intellect, ·etc., than another.
6. inferior ·adj lower in place, rank, excellence, ·etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
7. inferior ·adj nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of mercury or venus.
8. inferior ·adj 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.