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Superior

noun
/suːˈpɪəɹi.ə(ɹ)/
Word Frequency: 32.3

Definitions

1.nounA person of higher rank or quality.
2.nounThe senior person in a monastic community.
3.nounThe head of certain churches and colleges.
4.nounOne who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
5.adjectiveHigher in quality.
"Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch."
6.adjectiveHigher in rank.
7.adjectiveMore comprehensive, as a term in classification.
"A genus is superior to a species."
8.adjectiveLocated above.
"the superior jaw; the superior part of an image"
9.adjectiveGreater or better than average; extraordinary.
10.adjectiveBeyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; with to.
11.adjectiveOf a planet: closer to the Earth than to the sun.

Synonyms

overlingfinetopnotchtop-holepremiumqualitysuperbsuperexcellenttop-flightpreeminentpukka

Antonyms

inferior

Rhymes With

inferiorulterioranteriorexteriorcheerierweariereerierpars anterior
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