Synonyms for superincumbent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : soo-per-in-kuhm-buh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌsu pər ɪnˈkʌm bənt |
Top 10 synonyms for superincumbent Other synonyms for the word superincumbent
- a cut above
- above
- arduous
- backbreaking
- bleak
- capital
- carking
- choice
- confining
- crushing
- dandy
- deluxe
- demanding
- depressive
- despotic
- discouraging
- disheartening
- dismal
- dispiriting
- distinguished
- disturbing
- exacting
- exceeding
- exclusive
- exigent
- expert
- famous
- fine
- finer
- first-class
- first-string
- five-star
- gloomy
- good quality
- grander
- grievous
- grinding
- hard
- harsh
- headache
- heavy
- heavy-handed
- hefty
- high-caliber
- high-class
- inhuman
- irksome
- ironhanded
- major
- mean
- more advanced
- more skillful
- noteworthy
- of higher rank
- onerous
- oppressive
- over
- overbearing
- overlying
- paramount
- predominant
- preferable
- preferred
- premium
- prevailing
- primary
- remarkable
- rigorous
- rough going
- senior
- severe
- somber
- stiff
- strict
- stringent
- superhuman
- superincumbent
- surpassing
- taxing
- tough
- troublesome
- trying
- tyrannical
- unjust
- unrivalled
- wearing
- wearying
- weighty
- worrisome
- worrying
Définition of superincumbent
- As in oppressive : adj overwhelming, repressive
- As in superior : adj better, greater, higher; excellent
- As in weighty : adj troublesome, difficult
- As in burdensome : adj troublesome
- As in exigent : adj difficult, taxing
- Then she felt a hand trying to remove her superincumbent head-gear.
- Extract from : « Under the Waves » by R M Ballantyne
- Under this superincumbent weight I had long struggled to stand.
- Extract from : « Rattlin the Reefer » by Edward Howard
- Yet these are hidden beneath a superincumbent mass of trivialities.
- Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature » by John Addington Symonds
- The present superincumbent mass is about 20 feet in thickness.
- Extract from : « The Youthful Wanderer » by George H. Heffner
- A banded column, such as we see in Early English Gothic, looks weak and incapable of supporting the superincumbent weight.
- Extract from : « Colouration in Animals and Plants » by Alfred Tylor
- Below us slept the waters of the bay, reflecting, in their crystal depths, the superincumbent mountains and overarching sky.
- Extract from : « The Felon's Track » by Michael Doheny
- The superincumbent mass of earth would crush the strongest metal.
- Extract from : « Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. » by John Uri Lloyd
- The entry from the street begins with a descent of a few steps, and is dark from the superincumbent land.
- Extract from : « The Court of Cacus » by Alexander Leighton
- In the shallow diggings the superincumbent earth above the pay-dirt is removed, and the process is called "stripping."
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 » by Various
- As the meal progressed, the superincumbent earth weighed less heavily on their souls.
- Extract from : « Froth » by Armando Palacio Valds
Antonyms for superincumbent
- aiding
- bad
- below
- calm
- cool
- detestable
- easy
- facile
- gentle
- helpful
- helping
- humble
- inconsequential
- inferior
- kind
- light
- low-class
- lower
- meek
- mild
- minor
- nice
- normal
- ordinary
- poor
- relieving
- secondary
- small
- solvable
- temperate
- thin
- trivial
- unburdensome
- unimportant
- unpressured
- unremarkable
- unsubstantial
- usual
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