superior
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4.2
- adjective
- /səˈpɪr.i.ər/
:
superior
- Many experts agree that this smartphone model offers superior features and performance compared to its competitors.
- superior performance
- superior outcomes
- superior sound
Whereas something like love is much it's morally superior and that it's more selfless.
- Whereas something like love is much it's morally superior and that it's more selfless.
- You're building systems of intelligence that are superior to native abilities.
- The other company that has superior meat is US Wellness Meats.
- A sparkling cocktail made with superior white rum.
- So it says both work, but one is far superior to the other.
- I'm richer than you, so therefore my property is superior to yours.
- Does that look like it's worth the word deluxe or superior?
- And this has come to be known as highly superior autobiographical memory.
- Why not having a credit card was superior to having a credit card?
- But we often forget it because they are so superior and so arrogant.
Examples
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A sample of at least four source journals would be superior to using only one or two.
Academic text (2012) -
Assessment of individual music students can help identify superior instructional strategies in order to teach musical content.
Academic text (2013) -
So then as you know, the green building is superior to the brown building.
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Teacher education programs in these countries are superior to those in the US in many ways.
Academic text (2012) -
Which one has the superior mechanical properties?
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Many other records note the superior collections of Chinese books and art in Japan.
Academic text (2015) -
This is why he's superior at things like cleaning up.
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Every true grill master knows that charcoal is way superior to gas.
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The performance of the automatic system was vastly superior to that of the TOOLONG system.
Academic text (2017) -
So that's why stretchers are far superior to strainers.
Synonyms
737
3.9
Highest in rank, quality, or importance
257
3.4
Much better than most others in skill or quality
92
1.0
More suitable or healthy than something else
68
2.7
More pleasant or of higher quality than another thing
53
3.7
A better choice than another
17
8.0
The most respected and well known in a particular field
9
5.3
Better than any other person or thing
9
3.8
Very high quality and lasts a long time
8
4.6
Of the highest quality
8
3.7
Very good quality and better than most others
6
4.3
Being much better than others at something
4
6.2
Better than any other person or thing
4
4.3
Clearly better than others in quality or style
3
3.7
Of the highest quality, better than others like it
2
6.8
Much better than others in skill or quality
1
4.3
Slightly better than similar people or things in quality
Much better than others in the same field
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.0
A large blood vessel from the aorta that sends blood to the small intestine and part of the colon
1
2.7
The largest freshwater lake in the world on the border of the United States and Canada
- Specialized
1
4.5
A large vein that carries blood with little oxygen from the upper body to the right side of the heart
- Specialized
1
8.9
An upper fold of tissue in the throat that does not make sound
- Specialized
An artery that gives blood to the upper teeth and nearby gums
- Specialized
A vein that drains blood from the upper front of the belly and runs beside its artery
- Specialized
A vein in the top of a lung that carries oxygen-rich blood to the left upper part of the heart
- Specialized
A long vein in the deep part of the brain that drains blood
- Specialized
A vein that carries blood from the inner corner of the eye into a deep vein behind the eye
- Specialized
A planet that orbits the Sun outside Earth's orbit, like Mars or Jupiter
- Specialized
A neck vein that carries blood from the top of the thyroid gland into a large neck vein
- Specialized
A blood vessel that carries blood to the upper part of the cerebellum and nearby midbrain
- Specialized
A part of the brain that helps process what you see and control quick eye movements
- Specialized
When a planet is on the far side of the Sun from Earth so we cannot see it
- Specialized
A brain vein that drains blood from the top half of the brain
- Specialized
A vein that carries blood from the upper part of each lung to the left upper chamber of the heart
How Good
Surface Forms
Morphology
superior = super (transparent) = super + ior
The sense 'higher quality' follows straightforwardly from 'super' (above/beyond) plus the adjectival comparative ending.
Etymology
Superior comes from the Latin root super meaning 'above'. That idea of being 'above' others helps explain why superior can mean better in quality or skill.