superior
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4.9
- noun
- /suːˈpɪrɪər/
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superior
- Employees are expected to report any problems to their superior in a timely manner.
- superiors and subordinates
- superiors and inferiors
- inform superiors
It's down to him and his superiors when they close the case.
- It's down to him and his superiors when they close the case.
- I just got chewed out by my superiors and you want a Twix?
- What made you the type of employee that your superiors would feel safe giving you?
- We might also think in terms of superiors and subordinates within an organization.
- He did not seem afraid of his superior, despite Garland's palpable wrath.
- So the only person Chris gave that wrong address to was his superior.
- It's the reason why they are called your boss, your superior, because they already have more life experience.
- You already, your father, your grandfather, your superior.
- We really believed in look no more this blind obedience to whatever superior says.
- Like, what makes it a because I'm I'm the inferior and then she's the the, the superior superior.
- That is your pedestal, meaning she we look at her as a superior.
Examples
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I told my direct superior, who suggested we get ourselves a good lawyer.
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What made you the type of employee that your superiors would feel safe giving you?
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So then she came to her superior and said, I think that this is my calling.
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It's the reason why they are called your boss, your superior, because they already have more life experience.
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Back at Inland Revenue, he tells his superior, "Everything seems to be in order."
Fiction book (1995) -
Your superiors want to see you the moment you land.
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Did you report Private Bell to your superiors?
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My superiors are flying in from D.C. day after tomorrow.
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The employee must inform his superior of this belief in an adequate and reasonable manner.
Academic text (1990) -
We might also think in terms of superiors and subordinates within an organization.
Synonyms
∞
1.9
A person who leads a group or community
∞
3.7
A person in charge of a group or place
75
8.9
A title used when speaking to or about ambassadors, governors and similar officials
52
7.4
A very respected person in a field who is often an expert
43
3.4
A person who guides a group's religious beliefs and practices
21
4.6
A person with the most power in a group
9
7.5
People of higher social rank or authority
7
4.3
A very senior and respected person in a group or profession
5
7.1
A person with an important job in an organization
4
9.9
A top official who commands or manages in ancient institutions
4
4.2
A person with more power in a company or group
3
8.4
A person who is the most important leader in a group or organization
2
7.8
A woman who is in charge of a group of nuns in a convent
1
9.9
A person who has a high position in a church or other group
1
9.6
The head of a religious group who leads the whole community
A person who has higher rank in a group or organization
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 Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
superior = super (transparent) = super + ior
The meaning 'person of higher rank or authority' is a straightforward extension of 'super' (above/higher) with the comparative/formative '-ior'.
Etymology
Superior comes from the Latin super 'above', so a superior is literally someone 'above' you in rank or authority. This is why employees speak of asking their superior for instructions or help.