| Main Entry: | inferiority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficiency |
Synonyms: |
inability, inadequacy, lack, mediocrity, weakness |
| Concept: | Inferiority. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY; CHANGES IN QUANTITY |
Synonyms: |
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inferior, smaller; small; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; second-rate (imperfect) [more]; sub, subaltern; thrown into the shade; weighed in the balance and found wanting; not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a candle to., least, smallest (little, small [more]); lowest., diminished (decreased); reduced (contracted); unimportant.
-adverbs
less; under the mark, below the mark,below par; at the bottom of the scale, at a low ebb, at a disadvantage; short of, under.
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Antonyms: |
superiority |
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| Main Entry: | degeneracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corruption |
Synonyms: |
abasement, decadence, degradation, depravity, dissoluteness, downfall, immorality, inferiority, meanness, poorness |
Antonyms: |
morality |
| Main Entry: | lack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficiency, need |
Synonyms: |
abridgement, absence, curtailment, dearth, decrease, default, defect, deficit, depletion, deprivation, destitution, distress, exigency, exiguity, inadequacy, inferiority, insufficience, insufficiency, loss, meagerness, miss, necessity, paucity, poverty, privation, reduction, retrenchment, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, shortness, shrinkage, shrinking, slightness, stint, want |
Antonyms: |
abundance, enough, excess, extra, lot, plenty, plethora, profusion, surplus |