superior
//suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə//
Forms
- Comparative
- more superior
- Superlative
- most superior
- Plural
- superiors
Definitions
1.Higher in rank, status, or quality.
- Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.
- Additionally, reliability proved to be superior to NBL's design, with an average of 120,000 miles run during 1959.
- There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy […]than a brave man superior to his sufferings.
2.Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
3.Printed in superscript.
4.Located above or out; higher in position.
1.A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
2.A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3510
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour
From Latin superior (“higher, upper”).