Overview of noun superior

The noun superior has 6 senses

• superior, higher-up, superordinate -- (one of greater rank or station or quality)


• superior -- (the head of a religious community)


• victor, master, superior -- (a combatant who is able to defeat rivals)


• Lake Superior, Superior -- (the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes)


• Superior -- (a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth)


• superscript, superior -- (a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character)

Overview of adj superior

The adj superior has 7 senses

• superior -- (of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students")


• superior -- (of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior ruler")


• superior -- ((sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law")


• superscript, superior -- (written or printed above and to one side of another character)


• superior -- (having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit; "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets")


• ranking, superior, higher-ranking -- (having a higher rank; "superior officer")


• superior -- ((often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by; "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades")