superior

  • (a) of high or superior quality or performance
    • superior wisdom derived from experience
    • superior math students
  • (a) of or characteristic of high rank or importance
    • a superior ruler
  • (s) (sometimes followed by "to") not subject to or influenced by
    • overcome by a superior opponent
    • trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law
  • (a) written or printed above and to one side of another character superscript,
  • (a) having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
    • Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets
  • (s) having a higher rank
    • superior officer
    higher-ranking, ranking,
  • (s) (often followed by "to") above being affected or influenced by
    • he is superior to fear
    • an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades

Nouns

  • (n) one of greater rank or station or quality higher-up, superordinate,
  • (n) the head of a religious community
  • (n) a combatant who is able to defeat rivals victor, master,
  • (n) the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes Lake Superior,
  • (n) a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth
  • (n) a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character superscript,

Synonyms

higher-up superordinate victor master Lake Superior superscript higher-ranking ranking

Antonyms

inferior subscript adscript

See also

best dominant high

Words of close approximity

superior alveolar artery superior cerebellar artery superior cerebral vein superior colliculus superior conjunction superior court superior epigastric veins superior general superiority superiority complex superior labial artery superior labial vein superior mesenteric artery superior ophthalmic vein superior planet superior pulmonary vein superior rectus superior rectus muscle superior skill superior thalamostriate vein superior thyroid vein superior vena cava superior vocal cord