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Noun
S:
(n)
inferior
(one of lesser rank or station or quality)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
follower
(a person who accepts the leadership of another)
S:
(n)
camp follower
(a follower who is not a member of an ingroup)
S:
(n)
Cartesian
(a follower of Cartesian thought)
S:
(n)
cultist
(a member of a religious cult)
S:
(n)
cultist
(a member of an unorthodox cult who generally lives outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader)
S:
(n)
disciple
,
adherent
(someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)
S:
(n)
fan
,
buff
,
devotee
,
lover
(an ardent follower and admirer)
S:
(n)
flatterer
,
adulator
(a person who uses flattery)
S:
(n)
flunky
,
flunkey
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stooge
,
yes-man
(a person of unquestioning obedience)
S:
(n)
Freudian
(a person who follows the basic theories or practices of Sigmund Freud)
S:
(n)
Hegelian
(a follower of the thought of Hegel)
S:
(n)
inferior
(one of lesser rank or station or quality)
S:
(n)
Jacksonian
(a follower of Andrew Jackson or his ideas)
S:
(n)
janissary
(a loyal supporter)
"every politician has a following of janissaries"
S:
(n)
Jeffersonian
(a follower of Thomas Jefferson or his ideas and principles)
S:
(n)
Jungian
(a follower or advocate of Carl Jung's theories)
S:
(n)
Keynesian
(a follower of the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes)
S:
(n)
Lamarckian
(a believer in Lamarckism)
S:
(n)
leech
,
parasite
,
sponge
,
sponger
(a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage)
S:
(n)
Machiavellian
(a follower of Machiavelli's principles)
S:
(n)
Mendelian
(a follower of Mendelism)
S:
(n)
Mohammedan
,
Muhammedan
,
Muhammadan
(a follower of Mohammed)
S:
(n)
myrmidon
(a follower who carries out orders without question)
S:
(n)
Nestorian
(a follower of Nestorius)
S:
(n)
Newtonian
(a follower of Isaac Newton)
S:
(n)
regular
(a dependable follower (especially in party politics))
"he is one of the party regulars"
S:
(n)
respecter
(a person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative)
"X is no respecter of Y"
S:
(n)
satellite
,
planet
(a person who follows or serves another)
S:
(n)
sheep
(a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision)
"his students followed him like sheep"
S:
(n)
Skinnerian
(a follower of the theories or methods of B. F. Skinner)
S:
(n)
Stalinist
(a follower of Stalin and Stalinism)
S:
(n)
submitter
(someone who yields to the will of another person or force)
S:
(n)
tagalong
,
hanger-on
(someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along)
S:
(n)
vassal
,
liege
,
liegeman
,
liege subject
,
feudatory
(a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord)
S:
(n)
Wagnerian
(a follower of the theories or an admirer of the music of Richard Wagner)
antonym
S:
(n)
subscript
,
inferior
(a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
antonym
derivationally related form
Adjective
S:
(adj)
inferior
(of or characteristic of low rank or importance)
S:
(adj)
inferior
(of low or inferior quality)
S:
(adj)
subscript
,
inferior
(written or printed below and to one side of another character)
S:
(adj)
inferior
(having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit)
"Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
S:
(adj)
inferior
(lower than a given reference point)
"inferior alveolar artery"
domain category
similar to
antonym
S:
(adj)
deficient
,
inferior
,
substandard
(falling short of some prescribed norm)
"substandard housing"