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

  • (..) We have doubled the security, sir. Oh... Doubled security?, Thats confident You can't understand the delicacy the situation. I passes the telegram on to my superiors, but they were the ones who have brought Moriarty He has positioned himself brilliantly As one of our formost intellectuals, (..)
    2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows