noun
- One of greater rank or station or quality.
- synonyms: higher-up, superordinate
- The head of a religious community.
- A combatant who is able to defeat rivals.
- The largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes.
- synonyms: Lake Superior
- A town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth.
- A character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character.
- synonyms: superscript
adjective
- Of high or superior quality or performance.
- usage: "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"
- Of or characteristic of high rank or importance.
- usage: "a superior ruler"
- Sometimes followed by `to'. ( not subject to or influenced by)
- usage: "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"
- Written or printed above and to one side of another character.
- synonyms: superscript
- Having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit.
- usage: "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"
- Having a higher rank.
- usage: "superior officer"
- synonyms: ranking, higher-ranking
- Often followed by `to'. ( above being affected or influenced by)
- usage: "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades"
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