Synonyms for superior
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : suh-peer-ee-er, soo- |
| Phonetic Transcription : səˈpɪər i ər, sʊ- |
Top 10 synonyms for superior Other synonyms for the word superior
- a cut above
- above
- airy
- bossy
- brass
- capital
- cavalier
- CEO
- chief
- chieftain
- choice
- cocky
- condescending
- cool
- dandy
- deluxe
- director
- disdainful
- distinguished
- elder
- exceeding
- exclusive
- exec
- executive
- expert
- famous
- fine
- finer
- first-class
- first-string
- five-star
- good quality
- grander
- head
- head honcho
- heavyweight
- high-and-mighty
- high-class
- high-hat
- higher-up
- insolent
- key player
- leader
- lofty
- major
- more advanced
- more skillful
- noteworthy
- of higher rank
- over
- overbearing
- overlying
- paramount
- patronizing
- predominant
- preferred
- premium
- pretentious
- prevailing
- primary
- proud
- ruler
- senior
- snobbish
- stuck-up
- supercilious
- superhuman
- superincumbent
- supervisor
- surpassing
- unrivalled
- uppity
- upstage
- VIP
- wiseguy
Définition of superior
Origin :- late 14c., "higher in position," from Old French superior, from Latin superiorem (nominative superior) "higher," comparative of superus "situated above, upper," from super "above, over" (see super-). Meaning "higher in rank or dignity" is attested from late 15c.; sense of "of a higher nature or character" is attested from 1530s. Original sense was preserved more strongly in French (cf. les étages supérieur "the upper stories"), and in Lake Superior, a loan-translation of French Lac Supérieur, literally "upper lake" (it has the highest elevation of the five Great Lakes).
- adj better, greater, higher; excellent
- adj arrogant, haughty
- noun person higher or highest in rank
- Some other men and a woman were scanning the hoisting machinery with superior looks.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But Viviette regarded him with a smile--the smile of woman's superior wisdom.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- The granite of the mountains is superior to the celebrated Quincy.
- Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
- Our superior rank places us in the front row of the procession.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- The training by her father, too, had been of a superior kind.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Miss Wardwell swelled with importance and let her superior ask her twice.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Strathay has really gone, spirited away by that superior cousin.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Even if he won her it must be almost entirely because of a superior diplomacy.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Eliza replied, with the superior air of one who knows all about things.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- Very early in this tale it was my pride to explain that my mother was a superior woman.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
Antonyms for superior
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