superior
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
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Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).
Inflected forms:
form: more superior
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most superior
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: superiour
pos: adj
tags: alternative
UK
obsolete
form: superiors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: superiour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Higher in rank, status, or quality.
pos: adj
examples: Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.
There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
Additionally, reliability proved to be superior to NBL's design, with an average of 120,000 miles run during 1959.
gloss: Higher in rank, status, or quality.
pos: adj
examples: She always treated (her husband) as a boy, which he was, and as a fool, which he was not, thinking herself so immeasurably superior to him that she neglected opportunity after opportunity of establishing her rule.
gloss: Higher in rank, status, or quality.
pos: adj
gloss: Higher in rank, status, or quality.
pos: adj
examples: There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy […]than a brave man superior to his sufferings.
gloss: Higher in rank, status, or quality.
pos: adj
gloss: Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
pos: adj
gloss: Printed in superscript.
pos: adj
examples: a superior figure or letter
gloss: Located above or out; higher in position.
pos: adj
examples: the superior jaw; the superior part of an image
gloss: Located above or out; higher in position.
pos: adj
gloss: Located above or out; higher in position.
pos: adj
gloss: Located above or out; higher in position.
pos: adj
gloss: Located above or out; higher in position.
pos: adj
gloss: Located above or out; higher in position.
pos: adj
gloss: More comprehensive.
pos: adj
examples: A genus is superior to a species.
gloss: Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
pos: adj
gloss: Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
pos: adj
gloss: A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
pos: noun
gloss: A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
pos: noun
gloss: A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Synonyms: crowning
ferior
foremost
greater
higher
major
paramount
preeminent
superior
supreme
utmost
vaulting
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
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
supero-
temporosuperior
unsuperior
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: i epërm
lang: Albanian
word: e epërme
lang: Arabic
word: أَجْدَر
roman: ʔajdar
lang: Arabic
word: مُتَفَوِّق
roman: mutafawwiq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: üstün
lang: Bulgarian
word: старши
roman: starši
lang: Bulgarian
word: висш
roman: visš
lang: Catalan
word: superior
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 優越 /优越
roman: yōuyuè
lang: Czech
word: vyšší
lang: Danish
word: overlegen
lang: Dutch
word: superieur
lang: Esperanto
word: supera
lang: Finnish
word: ylempi
lang: Finnish
word: parempi
lang: French
word: supérieur
lang: Galician
word: superior
lang: Georgian
word: უმაღლესი
roman: umaɣlesi
lang: German
word: überlegen
lang: German
word: höher
lang: German
word: höherstehend
lang: German
word: übergeordnet
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌿𐌼𐌰
roman: auhuma
lang: Greek
word: ανώτερος
roman: anóteros
lang: Hebrew
word: עִלַּאי
roman: iláy
lang: Hindi
word: श्रेष्ठ
roman: śreṣṭh
lang: Hungarian
word: kiváló
lang: Irish
word: ardchéimiúil
lang: Italian
word: superiore
lang: Italian
word: sovraordinato
lang: Japanese
word: 偉い
roman: erai
lang: Japanese
word: 貴い
roman: tōtoi
lang: Japanese
word: 上級の
roman: jōkyū no
lang: Japanese
word: 高貴な
roman: kōki na
lang: Korean
word: 우수한
roman: usuhan
lang: Lithuanian
word: aukštesnio laipsnio, vyresnysis
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: overlegen
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: overlegen
lang: Occitan
word: superior
lang: Portuguese
word: superior
lang: Romanian
word: superior
lang: Romanian
word: mai bun
lang: Russian
word: вышестоя́щий
roman: vyšestojáščij
lang: Russian
word: вы́сший
roman: výsšij
lang: Russian
word: ста́рший
roman: stáršij
lang: Samoan
word: sili
lang: Sanskrit
word: उत्तर
roman: uttara
lang: Sanskrit
word: श्रेयस्
roman: śreyas
lang: Spanish
word: superior
lang: Swedish
word: överlägsen
lang: Turkish
word: üstün
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اوست
roman: üst
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: یوقاری
roman: yukarı
lang: Ukrainian
word: ви́щий
roman: výščyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: ста́рший
roman: stáršyj
lang: Uyghur
word: ئۈستۈن
roman: üstün
lang: Arabic
word: يعلو
lang: Armenian
word: վերին
roman: verin
lang: Bulgarian
word: разположен над
roman: razpoložen nad
lang: Catalan
word: superior
lang: Finnish
word: yläpuolinen
lang: French
word: supérieur
lang: Hindi
word: सर्वोच्च
roman: sarvocc
lang: Italian
word: superiore
lang: Lithuanian
word: viršutinis
lang: Portuguese
word: superior
lang: Romanian
word: superior
lang: Romanian
word: mai sus
lang: Russian
word: вы́сший
roman: výsšij
lang: Russian
word: ве́рхний
roman: vérxnij
lang: Sanskrit
word: उत्तर
roman: uttara
lang: Spanish
word: superior
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اوست
roman: üst
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: یوقاری
roman: yukarı
lang: Ukrainian
word: ви́щий
roman: výščyj
lang: Bulgarian
word: вишестоящ
roman: višestojašt
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 上司
roman: shàngsī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 上級 /上级
roman: shàngjí
lang: Danish
word: foresat
lang: Danish
word: overordnet
lang: Dutch
word: meerdere
lang: German
word: Vorgesetzter
lang: German
word: Vorgesetzte
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌴𐌹𐍃
roman: faurstasseis
lang: Japanese
word: 貴人
roman: atebito
lang: Japanese
word: 目上
roman: meue
lang: Polish
word: zwierzchnik
lang: Polish
word: przełożony
lang: Romanian
word: superioară