inferiority

Other forms of inferiority

plural

inferiorities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about inferiority

What does inferiority mean?

inferiority means "the state of being inferior". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inferiority?

inferiority has 6 syllables: in-fe-ri-o-ri-ty. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˌɪnfɪɹiˈɔɹɪˌti/.

What is another word for inferiority?

Close synonyms include lower status, lower rank, low quality, unfavorable position. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of inferiority?

The recorded antonyms are superiority.

Is inferiority a common word?

inferiority is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with inferiority?

66 words rhyme with inferiority. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.