Supermodel
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A highly paid, famous fashion model.
"Kendall Jenner first earned the title of the "world's highest paid supermodel" in 2018 when Forbes released an article asserting that she had raked in $22.5 million that year."
- 2 a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity wordnet
- 3 A technological improvement over an invention's previous model. dated
Synonyms
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More examples"Amanda looked like a supermodel."
Etymology
From super- + model. First written example dates from 1942 in the English language, in common use since the late 1980s. Sometimes incorrectly attributed to supermodel Janice Dickinson.
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