| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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 |