Supreme
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌs(j)uːˈpɹiːm/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Supreme is an adjective meaning Dominant, having power over all others.
Meaning
Dominant, having power over all others.
More Meanings
- (sometimes postpositive) Greatest, or the most excellent, extreme, superior, highest, or utmost.
- (botany) Situated at the highest part or point.
- (transitive, cooking) To divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.
- The highest point.
- (cooking) A pizza having a large number of the most common toppings, such as pepperoni, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, etc.
- (cooking) A breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached.
- (cooking) Anything from which all skin, bones, and other parts which are not eaten have been removed, such as a skinless fish fillet.
Example Sentences
supreme disgust
supreme courage
Faced with a choice between the Supreme, the Hawaiian [...], the Capricciosa or the Meat Lovers', the bogan will invariably gravitate to the meal most likely to induce a fatal disease.
But they will come away with an enhanced understanding of, and even sympathy for, the man who, according to at least one of his associates, was the “supreme gangster in the U.S., the top man … the big boss.”
Word Forms
- supremer
- supremest
- supremes
- supreming
- supremed
Synonyms for supreme
Depending on context, synonyms include predominant, preponderant, regnant, dominant, ultimate, maximum.
Antonyms for supreme
Common opposites include inferior, minor.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include superior, sovereign, maximal, maximum, ultimate, dominant.
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