Superior
/suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/ adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.; The senior person in a monastic community.
- 2 a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character wordnet
- 3 A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.; The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
- 4 the head of a religious community wordnet
- 5 A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
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- 6 one of greater rank or station or quality wordnet
- 7 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. historical
- 8 a combatant who is able to defeat rivals wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Higher in rank, status, or quality. not-comparable
"Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch."
- 2 Higher in rank, status, or quality.; Of high standard or quality. not-comparable
"She always treated (her husband) as a boy, which he was, and as a fool, which he was not, thinking herself so immeasurably superior to him that she neglected opportunity after opportunity of establishing her rule."
- 3 Higher in rank, status, or quality.; Greater in size or power. not-comparable
- 4 Higher in rank, status, or quality.; Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by. not-comparable
"There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy […]than a brave man superior to his sufferings."
- 5 Higher in rank, status, or quality.; Greater or better than average. not-comparable
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- 6 Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening). not-comparable
- 7 Printed in superscript. not-comparable
"a superior figure or letter"
- 8 Located above or out; higher in position. not-comparable
"the superior jaw; the superior part of an image"
- 9 Located above or out; higher in position.; Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad. not-comparable
- 10 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. not-comparable
- 11 Located above or out; higher in position.; (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs. not-comparable
- 12 Located above or out; higher in position.; Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem. not-comparable
- 13 Located above or out; higher in position.; (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit. not-comparable
- 14 More comprehensive. not-comparable
"A genus is superior to a species."
- 15 Affecting or assuming an air of superiority. not-comparable
- 16 Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 (often followed by ‘to’) above being affected or influenced by wordnet
- 2 (sometimes followed by ‘to’) not subject to or influenced by wordnet
- 3 having a higher rank wordnet
- 4 of or characteristic of high rank or importance wordnet
- 5 of high or superior quality or performance wordnet
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- 6 having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit wordnet
- 7 written or printed above and to one side of another character wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Pinal County, Arizona.
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; A statutory town in Boulder County, Colorado.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Raccoon Township, Parke County, Indiana.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Dickinson County, Iowa.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Chippewa County, Michigan.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Mineral County, Montana.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A city, village, and civil town in Wisconsin. The city is the county seat of Douglas County.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
- 12 Ellipsis of Lake Superior. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 13 Ellipsis of Superior Craton. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 14 Synonym of Superia.
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More examples"You must inform your superior of the results."
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).