superior

Definition

  • noun: a person of higher rank or status than another
  • noun: one who is above another in rank, station, or office
  • adjective: of high quality
  • adjective: situated higher up
  • often + 'to'
  • synonyms: higher, upper, posterior

Examples

  • You should report any problems to your 'immediate superior'.

  • The new model is (vastly/far) 'superior to' the old one.

  • He only helps us because it makes him feel 'superior'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) But there's no question, we face the most massive army ever assembled. Before your plan is heard... ...what do you offer? We will use our superior fighting skills... ...and the terrain of Greece herself to destroy them. We will march north to the coast, where I will make sure-- (..)
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