superior

Meaning of superior

noun
  1. A person of higher rank or quality.
  2. The senior person in a monastic community.
  3. The head of certain churches and colleges.
  4. 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.
adjective
  1. Higher in quality.
    Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.
  2. Higher in rank.
  3. More comprehensive, as a term in classification.
    A genus is superior to a species.
  4. Located above.
    the superior jaw; the superior part of an image
  5. Greater or better than average; extraordinary.
  6. Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; with to.
  7. Of a planet: closer to the Earth than to the sun.

Information about superior

Hyphenation of superior

su-pe-rior

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • superior is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

superior synonyms

Meaning superscript:

superscript

Meaning ranking:

ranking

Meaning higher-up:

superordinate

Meaning victor:

victor, master

Meaning Lake Superior:

Superior

Meaning Superior:

Superior

Meaning :

overling

superior antonyms

Meaning :

inferior

Translation of superior

Words that rhyme with superior

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