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