superior

Plural: superiors

Noun

• One of higher rank, quality, or authority.
• one of greater rank or station or quality
• the head of a religious community
• a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
• the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes
• a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth
• a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
• A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
• The senior person in a monastic community.
• A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
• The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
• A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
• One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.

Adjective

• of high or superior quality or performance
  • "superior wisdom derived from experience"
  • "superior math students"
• of or characteristic of high rank or importance
  • "a superior ruler"
• written or printed above and to one side of another character
• having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
  • "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"

Adjective Satellite

• (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by
  • "overcome by a superior opponent"
  • "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"
• having a higher rank
  • "superior officer"
• (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by
  • "he is superior to fear"
  • "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades"

Adj

• Higher in rank, status, or quality.
• Higher in rank, status, or quality.
• Of high standard or quality.
• Higher in rank, status, or quality.
• Greater in size or power.
• Higher in rank, status, or quality.
• Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
• Higher in rank, status, or quality.
• Greater or better than average.
• Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
• Printed in superscript.
• Located above or out; higher in position.
• Located above or out; higher in position.
• Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
• Located above or out; higher in position.
• (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part.
• Located above or out; higher in position.
• (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs.
• Located above or out; higher in position.
• Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
• Located above or out; higher in position.
• (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
• More comprehensive.
• Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
• Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.

Examples

• A genus is superior to a species.
• a superior figure or letter
• Always check for plays that let you make a superior move, even if it’s not a bingo.
• Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.
• the superior jaw; the superior part of an image

Synonyms

higher-ranking, higher-up, Lake Superior, master, ranking, superordinate, superscript, victor, ascending, crowning, extraordinary, foremost, greater, higher, major, overling, paramount, posterior, preeminent, supercilious, superior, supreme, utmost, vaulting

Antonyms

adscript, inferior, subscript

Related Words

Homo superior, auricularis superior, levator labii superioris, levator labii superioris alaeque nasi, levator palpebrae superioris, respondeat superior

Anagrams of superior