Superlative

Noun

 * 1) The highest extent or degree of something.
 * 2)  The form of an adjective that expresses which of more than two items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending "-est" to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting "most" before it.
 * The superlative of "big" is "biggest"
 * 1)  An adjective used to praise something exceptional.
 * Lincoln is amazing, wonderful, fantastic, and many other superlatives I can’t think of right now!

Synonyms

 * acme, peak

Related terms

 * superlative degree

Adjective

 * 1) Exceptionally good; of the highest quality; superb.
 * 2)  Of or relating to a superlative.

Synonyms

 * above and beyond, exceptional, extraordinary, superb

Thesaurus
Olympian, absolute, accomplished, ace, aerial, aggrandized, aggrandizement, airy, altitudinous, amplification, amplified, arrant, ascending, aspiring, ballyhoo, ballyhooed, best, big talk, blowing up, burlesque, capital, caricature, champion, choice, chosen, classical, colossal, complete, consummate, crack, crass, cream, dazzling, decided, definitive, dilatation, dilation, disproportionate, dominating, downright, egregious, elect, elevated, elite, eminent, enhancement, enlargement, ethereal, exaggerated, exaggerating, exaggeration, exalted, excellent, exceptional, excess, excessive, exorbitance, exorbitant, expansion, extraordinary, extravagance, extravagant, extreme, fantastic, fat, finest, finished, first-class, first-rate, flagrant, flower, glaring, grandiloquence, grandiloquent, great, greatest, gross, haughty, heightening, high, high-flown, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, highest, huckstering, hyperbole, hyperbolic, hyperbolism, incomparable, inflated, inflation, inordinacy, inordinate, intolerable, lofty, magnification, magnificent, magnified, matchless, maximal, maximum, monumental, most, mounting, nonesuch, nonpareil, optimum, out-and-out, outright, outstanding, outtopping, overdone, overdrawn, overemphasis, overemphasized, overemphatic, overestimated, overestimation, overgreat, overkill, overlarge, overlooking, overpraised, oversold, overstated, overstatement, overstressed, overtopping, overwrought, paragon, paramount, peerless, perfect, pick, positive, precious, prime, prize, prodigal, prodigality, profound, profuse, profuseness, prominent, pronounced, proper, puffed, puffery, puffing up, queen, quintessence, rank, regular, select, sensationalism, shattering, shocking, singular, smashing, soaring, spectacular, spiring, stark, stark-staring, steep, sterling, stretched, stretching, sublime, super, superb, superexcellent, superior, supernal, supreme, surpassing, tall talk, terrific, the best, the best ever, the tops, the veriest, the very best, thorough, thoroughgoing, tip-top, top, top-notch, topless, toplofty, topmost, topping, total, touted, touting, towering, towery, travesty, unbearable, unconscionable, undeniable, unequivocal, unique, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, unsurpassed, uplifted, uppermost, upreared, utmost, utter

Etymology
From superlatyf: from  superlatif: from  superlativus: from  superlatus:, past participle of superfero: from super: + fero:.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: superlatief
 * Arabic: صيغة التفضيل
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 * Hebrew: מופלג
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 * Korean: 최고의


 * Macedonian:
 * Mandarin: 最高级
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 * Slovene: presežek
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 * Thai: ชั้นเยี่ยม


 * Arabic: درجة فائقة
 * Armenian: գերադրական
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 * Novial: superlative
 * Old English: oferstígendlic adj
 * Persian: (sefat-e bartarin)
 * Polish: stopień najwyższy
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 * Slovene: presežnik, superlativ
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Adjective
superlative