Superior

/suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/ · adjective

Meaning

Higher in rank, status, or quality..

Definitions by Sense

1. Higher in rank, status, or quality.
2. Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
3. (typography) Printed in superscript.
4. Located above or out; higher in position.
5. (taxonomy) More comprehensive.
6. Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
7. (astronomy, of a planet in the Solar System) Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
8. A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.

Example Sentences

Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.

There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.

Additionally, reliability proved to be superior to NBL's design, with an average of 120,000 miles run during 1959.

a superior figure or letter

the superior jaw; the superior part of an image

A genus is superior to a species.

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Word Forms

• more superior
• most superior
• superiour
• superiors

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