English Explanatory Dictionary

superior

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Higher in rank, status, or quality.
  2. Of high standard or quality.
  3. Greater in size or power.
  4. Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
  5. Greater or better than average.
  6. Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
  7. Printed in superscript.
  8. Located above or out; higher in position.
  9. Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
  10. (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part.
  11. (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs.
  12. Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
noun
  1. A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
  2. The senior person in a monastic community.
  3. The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
  4. A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
  5. One 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.
name
  1. A number of places in the United States:
  2. A town in Pinal County, Arizona.
  3. A statutory town in Boulder County, Colorado.
  4. An unincorporated community in Raccoon Township, Parke County, Indiana.
  5. A minor city in Dickinson County, Iowa.
  6. A township in Chippewa County, Michigan.
  7. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
  8. A town, the county seat of Mineral County, Montana.
  9. A small city in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
  10. An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
  11. A city, village, and civil town in Wisconsin. The city is the county seat of Douglas County.
  12. A town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

Pronunciation

/suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/ /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/ /sə-/ /sʉːˈpɪə.ɹiː.ə/ en-us-superior.ogg

Word forms

superior more superior most superior superiour superiors

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).

Synonyms

crowning ferior foremost greater higher major paramount preeminent superior supreme utmost vaulting extraordinary posterior ascending supercilious overling superscript Superia

Antonyms

inferior equivalent

Related words

auricularis superior Homo superior levator labii superioris levator labii superioris alaeque nasi levator palpebrae superioris respondeat superior Superior

Derived words

anterior superior alveolar artery anterior superior iliac spine anterosuperior father superior fultura superior general superior highly superior autobiographical memory inferosuperior Lake Superior laterosuperior limit superior mediosuperior mother superior nonsuperior Peover Superior posterior superior alveolar artery posterosuperior Superia superior alveolar nerve superior auricular muscle superior autobiographical memory superior carotid triangle superior cerebellar artery superior cervical ganglion superior colliculus superior court superioress superior general superior good superior highly composite number superior hypophyseal artery superiority superiorization superior landlord superior laryngeal artery superior laryngeal nerve superior lease superior letter superiorly superior mesenteric artery superior mesenteric artery syndrome superior mesenteric vein superiormost superior nasal concha superiorness superior oblique superior oblique muscle superior olivary complex superior orbital fissure superior petrosal sinus superior pharyngeal constrictor superior planet superior rectus superior sagittal sinus superiorship superior tarsal superior tarsal muscle superior tenant superior thyroid artery superior vena cava

Translations

Albanian: i epërm Albanian: e epërme Arabic: أَجْدَر Arabic: مُتَفَوِّق Arabic: يعلو Azerbaijani: üstün Bulgarian: старши Bulgarian: висш Bulgarian: разположен над Catalan: superior Chinese Mandarin: 優越 /优越 Czech: vyšší Danish: overlegen Dutch: superieur Esperanto: supera Finnish: ylempi Finnish: parempi Finnish: yläpuolinen French: supérieur Galician: superior Georgian: უმაღლესი German: überlegen German: höher German: höherstehend German: übergeordnet Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌿𐌼𐌰 Greek: ανώτερος Hebrew: עִלַּאי Hindi: श्रेष्ठ Hindi: सर्वोच्च Hungarian: kiváló Irish: ardchéimiúil Italian: superiore Italian: sovraordinato Japanese: 偉い Japanese: 貴い Japanese: 上級の Japanese: 高貴な Korean: 우수한 Lithuanian: aukštesnio laipsnio, vyresnysis Lithuanian: viršutinis Norwegian Bokmål: overlegen Norwegian Nynorsk: overlegen Occitan: superior Portuguese: superior Romanian: superior Romanian: mai bun Romanian: mai sus Russian: вышестоя́щий Russian: вы́сший Russian: ста́рший Russian: ве́рхний Samoan: sili Sanskrit: उत्तर Sanskrit: श्रेयस् Spanish: superior Swedish: överlägsen Turkish: üstün Ottoman Turkish: اوست Ottoman Turkish: یوقاری Ukrainian: ви́щий Ukrainian: ста́рший Uyghur: ئۈستۈن Armenian: վերին Bulgarian: вишестоящ Chinese Mandarin: 上司 Chinese Mandarin: 上級 /上级 Danish: foresat Danish: overordnet Dutch: meerdere German: Vorgesetzter German: Vorgesetzte Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌴𐌹𐍃 Hindi: श्रेष्ठ Japanese: 貴人 Japanese: 目上 Polish: zwierzchnik Polish: przełożony Romanian: superior Romanian: superioară
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