Definition of Superior

1. Adjective. Of high or superior quality or performance. "Superior math students"


2. Noun. One of greater rank or station or quality.
Exact synonyms: Higher-up, Superordinate
Generic synonyms: Leader
Specialized synonyms: Better, God, Supervisor
Antonyms: Inferior

3. Adjective. Of or characteristic of high rank or importance. "A superior ruler"

4. Noun. The head of a religious community.
Specialized synonyms: Abbess, Mother Superior, Prioress, Abbot, Archimandrite, Prior
Generic synonyms: Religious

5. Adjective. (sometimes followed by 'to') not subject to or influenced by. "Trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"
Similar to: Dominant
Derivative terms: Superiority

6. Noun. A combatant who is able to defeat rivals.
Exact synonyms: Master, Victor
Generic synonyms: Battler, Belligerent, Combatant, Fighter, Scrapper
Specialized synonyms: Conqueror, Vanquisher

7. Adjective. Written or printed above and to one side of another character.
Exact synonyms: Superscript
Category relationships: Printing, Printing Process
Antonyms: Adscript, Subscript

8. Noun. The largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes.
Exact synonyms: Lake Superior
Group relationships: Great Lakes
Generic synonyms: Lake

9. Adjective. Having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit. "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"
Category relationships: Astronomy, Uranology
Antonyms: Inferior

10. Noun. A town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth.
Generic synonyms: Town
Group relationships: Badger State, Wi, Wisconsin

11. Adjective. Having a higher rank. "Superior officer"
Exact synonyms: Higher-ranking, Ranking
Similar to: Senior
Derivative terms: Superiority

12. Noun. A character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character.
Exact synonyms: Superscript
Generic synonyms: Character, Grapheme, Graphic Symbol
Antonyms: Subscript

13. Adjective. (often followed by 'to') above being affected or influenced by. "An ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades"
Similar to: Unaffected

Definition of Superior

1. a. More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

2. n. One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English.

Definition of Superior

1. Adjective. Higher in quality. ¹

2. Adjective. Higher in rank. ¹

3. Adjective. Located above. ¹

4. Adjective. Being greater or better than average; extraordinary. ¹

5. Noun. A person of higher rank or quality. ¹

6. Noun. The senior person in a monastic community. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Superior

1. one of higher rank, quality, or authority than another [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Superior

superintendency
superintendent
superintendents
superintender
superintenders
superintending
superintending control
superintends
superintensity
superintensive
superinteresting
superinvariant
superinvariants
superion
superionic
superior (current term)
superior(p)
superior alveolar artery
superior auricular muscle
superior cerebellar artery
superior cerebral vein
superior colliculus
superior conjunction
superior court
superior courts
superior epigastric veins
superior general
superior good

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