superior

/suːˈpɪəɹi.ə(ɹ)//suːˈpɪɹiɚ/

noun

  1. 1

    A person of higher rank or quality.

  2. 2

    The senior person in a monastic community.

  3. 3

    The head of certain churches and colleges.

  4. 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.

Synonyms

adjective

  1. 1

    Higher in quality.

    Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.
  2. 2

    Higher in rank.

  3. 3

    More comprehensive, as a term in classification.

    A genus is superior to a species.
  4. 4

    Located above.

    the superior jaw; the superior part of an image
  5. 5

    Greater or better than average; extraordinary.

  6. 6

    Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; with to.

  7. 7

    Of a planet: closer to the Earth than to the sun.

Antonyms

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