| Main Entry: | low-grade |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior |
Synonyms: |
average, bad, base, common, déclassé, fair, good-for-nothing, hack*, imperfect, indifferent, junk*, lemon, lousy, low-quality, low-rent, mean, mediocre, middling, ordinary, paltry, poorer, sad, second-class, second-rate, shabby, sorry*, substandard, tawdry, two-bit, worse, wretched |
| Main Entry: | common |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | low, coarse |
Synonyms: |
Philistine, baseborn, characterless, cheap, colorless, crass, declassé, hack, hackneyed, impure, inferior, low-grade, mean, middling, nondescript, passable, pedestrian, plebeian, poor, prosy, raffish, second-class, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, stale, trite, undistinguished, vulgar |
| Notes: | mutual applies to reciprocal relationships between two or more things; if something is held in common, use 'common' instead |
Antonyms: |
aristocratic, cultured, excellent, high, noble, refined, sophisticated, superior |
| Main Entry: | inferior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, second-rate |
Synonyms: |
average, bad, base, common, déclassé, fair, good-for-nothing, hack*, imperfect, indifferent, junk*, lemon, lousy, low-grade, low-rent, mean, mediocre, middling, ordinary, paltry, poorer, sad, second-class, sorry*, substandard, tawdry, two-bit, worse, wretched |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reduced; mediocre |
Synonyms: |
cheap, cut, cut-rate, deficient, depleted, economical, inadequate, inexpensive, inferior, insignificant, little, low-grade, marked down, meager, moderate, modest, nominal, paltry, poor, puny, reasonable, scant, second-rate, shoddy, slashed, small, sparse, substandard, trifling, uncostly, worthless |
Antonyms: |
above, elevated, high, increased, prominent |
| Main Entry: | poor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deficient, inadequate |
Synonyms: |
base, below par, common, contemptible, crude, diminutive, dwarfed, exiguous, faulty, feeble, humble, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, insignificant, insufficient, lacking, low-grade, lowly, meager, mean, mediocre, miserable, modest, niggardly, ordinary, paltry, pitiable, pitiful, plain, reduced, rotten, scanty, second-rate, shabby, shoddy, skimpy, slight, sorry*, sparse, subnormal, subpar, substandard, trifling, trivial, unsatisfactory, valueless, weak, worthless |
Antonyms: |
adequate, sufficient, superior |
| Main Entry: | rotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despicable, inferior, bad |
Synonyms: |
amiss, base, below par, bruised, bum*, contemptible, crummy, defective, deplorable, dirty, disagreeable, disappointing, diseased, displeasing, dissatisfactory, filthy, impaired, inadequate, injured, lousy*, low-grade, mean, nasty, poor, punk*, regrettable, rough, scurrilous, shaky, sorry, sour, substandard, unacceptable, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, unpleasant, unsatisfactory, unsound, vile, wasted, wicked, withering, wrong |
Antonyms: |
good, kind, nice, superior |
| Main Entry: | second-rate/second-class |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, cheap |
Synonyms: |
cheap and dirty, common, commonplace, déclassé, hack*, low-grade, low-quality, mean, mediocre, poor, shoddy*, substandard, tacky*, tawdry |
Antonyms: |
excellent, first-class, first-rate, great, superior, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | substandard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior |
Synonyms: |
bad, base, below average, below par, below standard, cheap, inadequate, junk*, lemon, lousy, low-grade, poor, second-rate, shoddy, subpar, unacceptable |
| Main Entry: | below average |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | below normal |
Synonyms: |
below par, inferior, low-grade, poor, second-rate, subpar, substandard |
Antonyms: |
above average |
| Main Entry: | second-rate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mediocre |
Synonyms: |
below par, cheap, crummy, deficient, inadequate, inferior, low-grade, poor, rotten*, second-best, second-class, shabby, shoddy, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory |
Antonyms: |
excellent, first-rate, superior |