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superior Adjective 1. greater in quality, quantity, or usefulness 2. higher in rank, position, or status: he was reprimanded by a superior officer 3. believing oneself to be better than others 4. of very high quality or respectability: superior merchandise 5. Formal placed higher up: damage to the superior surface of the wing 6. Printing (of a character) written or printed above the line Noun 1. a person of greater rank or status 2. See mother superior [Latin superus placed above] superiority n
USAGE: Superior should not be used with than: he is a better (not a superior) poet than his brother; his poetry is superior to (not superior than) his brother's. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
superior adjective 1. better, higher, greater, grander, preferred, prevailing, paramount, surpassing, more advanced, predominant, unrivalled, more extensive, more skilful, more expert, a cut above (informal) streets ahead (informal) running rings around (informal) << OPPOSITE inferior adjective 2. first-class, excellent, first-rate, good, fine, choice, exclusive, distinguished, exceptional, world-class, good quality, admirable, high-class, high calibre, de luxe, of the first order, booshit Austral. (slang) exo Austral. (slang) sik Austral. (slang) rad (informal) phat (slang) schmick Austral. (informal) << OPPOSITE average adjective 3. higher-ranking, senior, higher-level, upper-level adjective 4. supercilious, patronizing, condescending, haughty, disdainful, lordly, lofty, airy, pretentious, stuck-up (informal) snobbish, on your high horse (informal) noun 5. boss, senior, director, manager, chief (informal) principal, supervisor, baas S. African sherang Austral., N.Z. << OPPOSITE subordinate USAGE Superior should not be used with than: he is a better (not a superior) poet than his brother; his poetry is superior to (not than) his brother's. Translationsn → superior m; n → supérieur(e); Mother Superior (Rel) → Mère supérieure (more senior) → höhergestellt; (smug) → überheblich: (smile) → überlegen n → Vorgesetzte(r) f(m); n → superiore m/f; |
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IN PARTICULAR This Work Is Dedicated By A Humble Native Of Flatland In the Hope that Even as he was Initiated into the Mysteries OF THREE DIMENSIONS Having been previously conversant With ONLY TWO So the Citizens of that Celestial Region May aspire yet higher and higher To the Secrets of FOUR FIVE or EVEN SIX Dimensions Thereby contributing To the Enlargement of THE IMAGINATION And the possible Development Of that most and excellent GIFT of MODESTY Among the Superior Races Of SOLID HUMANITY It is also from natural causes that some beings command and others obey, that each may obtain their mutual safety; for a being who is endowed with a mind capable of reflection and forethought is by nature the superior and governor, whereas he whose excellence is merely corporeal is formect to be a slave; whence it follows that the different state of master [1252b] and slave is equally advantageous to both. "Yes," said the Horse; "if any remains out of what I am now eating I will give it you for the sake of my own superior dignity, and if you will come when I reach my own stall in the evening, I will give you a little sack full of barley. |
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