Superior

Quick meaning: Superior is an adjective meaning Higher in rank, status, or quality.

Meaning

Higher in rank, status, or quality.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

a superior figure or letter

A genus is superior to a species.

the superior jaw; the superior part of an image

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

Word Forms

• superiour
• superiors

Synonyms for superior

Depending on context, synonyms include crowning, ferior, foremost, greater, higher, major.

Antonyms for superior

Common opposites include inferior, equivalent, adscript, subscript.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fine, topnotch, top-hole, premium, quality, superb.

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