Superior

Adjective

 * 1) Being greater or better than average; extraordinary.
 * 2) of high or superior quality or performance.
 * 3) (often followed by 'to') above being affected or influenced by
 * he is superior to fear.
 * 1) Higher in quality.
 * 2) Higher in rank.
 * 3) Located above.

Noun

 * 1) A person of higher rank or quality.
 * 2) The senior person in a monastic community.

Antonyms

 * inferior

Derived terms

 * superiorness

Related terms

 * superiority

Adjectives for Superior
race; intellectual; immediate.

Thesaurus
A per se, a cut above, above, above par, absolute, ace, ahead, appalling, arrogant, ascendant, astonishing, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, better, big, big-league, big-name, big-time, bigwig, bigwigged, boss, brass hat, capital, capping, cavalier, champion, chief, choice, chosen, classier, clothed with authority, commander, commanding, competent, condescending, consequential, considerable, conspicuous, controlling, crack, dainty, dandy, dean, delicate, disdainful, distinguished, dominant, domineering, double-barreled, doyen, doyenne, duly constituted, earthshaking, eclipsing, egregious, elder, elegant, elevated, elitist, eminent, empowered, estimable, ex officio, exceeding, excellent, excelling, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fine, finer, first-class, first-rate, first-string, formidable, fugleman, genius, governing, grand, great, greater, haughty, head, heavyweight, hegemonic, hegemonistic, high priest, high-and-mighty, high-class, high-faluting, high-flown, high-grade, high-headed, high-nosed, high-powered, high-quality, high-test, higher, higher-up, highest, hoity-toity, imperative, important, important person, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, incredible, influential, insolent, kingfish, kingpin, laureate, leader, leading, loftier, lofty, major, marked, marvelous, master, matchless, material, mighty, miraculous, momentous, monocratic, name, nonpareil, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, numinous, of choice, of mark, official, one up on, outstanding, over, overbearing, overlying, paragon, patronizing, peerless, personage, potent, powerful, preeminent, preferable, preferred, premium, prestigious, preternatural, primary, prime, principal, prodigy, prominent, proud, puissant, purse-proud, ranking, rare, recherche, remarkable, rivaling, ruler, ruling, select, self-important, senior, signal, significant, star, sterling, striking, stuck-up, substantial, super, supercilious, superhuman, superincumbent, superlative, superman, supermundane, superstar, supervisor, supramundane, supranatural, supreme, surpassing, the greatest, the most, tonier, top dog, toplofty, topping, totalitarian, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, uncommon, unearthly, unusual, upmost, upper, uppermost, uppish, uppity, upstage, virtuoso, weighty, wonderful, world-shaking, worthy

Etymology
From superior: < superus: < super:.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 優越的, 优越的 (yōuyuè de)
 * Dutch: superieur
 * Esperanto: supera
 * Finnish: ylempi (rank); parempi (quality)
 * French:
 * German: höher, höherstehend
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 勝れた (すぐれた, sugureta)
 * Korean: 우수한 (usuhan)
 * Norwegian: overlegen
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: يعلو
 * Armenian:


 * Finnish: yläpuolinen


 * Finnish:

Related terms

 * father superior
 * mother superior

Adjective

 * 1) higher
 * 2) superior

Descendants

 * English:
 * Italian:

Adjective

 * 1) superior

Antonyms

 * inferior

Adjective

 * 1) upper, higher
 * 2) better
 * 3) superior

Noun

 * 1) boss

Synonyms

 * jefe, jefa
 * patrón, patrona