| anterior | (adjective) of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body | - |
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| (adjective) earlier in time | Synonyms: prior |
| exterior | (adjective) situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building | - |
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| inferior | (adjective) written or printed below and to one side of another character | Synonyms: subscript |
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| (adjective) of or characteristic of low rank or importance | - |
| (adjective) of low or inferior quality | - |
| (adjective) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit | - |
| (adjective) lower than a given reference point | - |
| (adjective) falling short of some prescribed norm | Synonyms: deficient, substandard |
| interior | (adjective) situated within or suitable for inside a building | - |
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| (adjective) inside the country | Synonyms: home, internal, national |
| (adjective) of or coming from the middle of a region or country | Synonyms: midland, upcountry |
| (adjective) inside and toward a center | - |
| (adjective) located inward | Synonyms: inner, internal |
| posterior | (adjective) located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure | - |
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| (adjective) coming at a subsequent time or stage | Synonyms: later, ulterior |
| prior | (adjective) earlier in time | Synonyms: anterior |
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| superior | (adjective) written or printed above and to one side of another character | Synonyms: superscript |
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| (adjective) of or characteristic of high rank or importance | - |
| (adjective) of high or superior quality or performance | - |
| (adjective) having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit | - |
| (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by | - |
| (adjective) having a higher rank | Synonyms: higher-ranking, ranking |
| (adjective) (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by | - |
| ulterior | (adjective) lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) | Synonyms: subterranean, subterraneous |
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| (adjective) beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote | - |
| (adjective) coming at a subsequent time or stage | Synonyms: later, posterior |