Superb

//suˈpɝb// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.

    "This champagne is superb."

  2. 2
    Grand; magnificent; august; stately.

    "a superb edifice;  a superb colonnade"

  3. 3
    Haughty. dated

    "A remark which Isabella received with a superb curl of the lip, but at the same time, and to her brother's infinite relief, she walked away."

Adjective
  1. 1
    surpassingly good wordnet
  2. 2
    of surpassing excellence wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
brilliantexcellentsuperlativea+a-plusacceptable

Example

More examples

"This is a superb illustration of how Emmet modified the traditional architectural designs."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.

Related phrases

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