superior.
Higher in rank, status, or quality.
Meaning & usage
Higher in rank, status, or quality.
Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.
Higher in rank, status, or quality. Of high standard or quality.
Higher in rank, status, or quality. Greater in size or power.
Higher in rank, status, or quality. Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
Higher in rank, status, or quality. Greater or better than average.
Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
Printed in superscript.
a superior figure or letter
Located above or out; higher in position.
the superior jaw; the superior part of an image
Located above or out; higher in position. Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
Located above or out; higher in position. (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.
Located above or out; higher in position. (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs.
Located above or out; higher in position. Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
Located above or out; higher in position. (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
More comprehensive.
A genus is superior to a species.
Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).
A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position. The senior person in a monastic community.
A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position. The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.