What is the meaning of Superior?

noun

  • One of greater rank or station or quality.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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.
  • 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"
  • 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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