1. Of high or higher quality, standard or performance
   "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior maths students"
    
2. Of or characteristic of high rank or importance
   "a superior ruler"
    
3. Having a higher rank
   "superior officer";
   - ranking, higher-ranking
    
4. (sometimes followed by ‘to’) not subject to or influenced by
   "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"
    
5. (often followed by ‘to’) above being affected or influenced by
   "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades"
    
6. (printing) written or printed above and to one side of another character
   "The superior number indicated a footnote in the text";
   - superscript
    
7. (astronomy) having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
   "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"

1. One of greater rank, station or quality
   "He needed approval from the superiors before implementing the new policy";
   - higher-up [informal], superordinate
    
2. The head of a religious community
   "The superior of the monastery welcomed the visiting dignitaries"
    
3. A combatant who is able to defeat rivals
   "He proved himself the superior in every match";
   - victor, master
    
4. A character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
   "In the chemical formula H2O, the '2' is written as a superior";
   - superscript

1. The largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes
   - Lake Superior
    
2. A town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth

Derived forms: superiors

See also: A1 [informal], ace [informal], amazeballs [informal], A-one [informal], arch, awesome [informal], awesomesauce [informal], banner, beaut [Austral, NZ, informal], beezer [UK, archaic], best, better, blinding [Brit, slang], blue-ribbon [N. Amer], boss [N. Amer, informal], brag [N. Amer, informal], brill [Brit, informal], brilliant, caliber [US], calibre [Brit, Cdn], capital [Brit], choice, classic, condescending, crack [informal], crucial [slang], cushty [Brit, informal], def [slang], dominant, dope [N. Amer, informal], eminent, excellent, fab [Brit, informal], fantabulous [informal], first-class, first-rate, gilt-edged, gnarly [N. Amer, informal], greatest, high, high-level, high-performance, high-ranking, leading, legit [US, slang], lit [US, slang], lush [Brit, informal], magic [Brit, slang], magnificent, majestic, marquee [N. Amer], mean [informal], nang [Brit, slang], olympian, out of the ordinary, out of this world, outstanding, patronising [Brit], patronizing, phat [slang], preeminent, pre-eminent, premium, prime, prize, prominent, pucka [informal, rare], pukka [informal], quality, rad [N. Amer, slang], radical [N. Amer, slang], righteous [US, slang], ripping [Brit, archaic, informal], select, senior, shining, sick [N. Amer, slang], smokin' [slang], smoking [slang], socko [N. Amer, informal], spiffing [Brit, informal], splendid, stellar [informal], sterling, stonking [Brit, informal], storming [Brit, informal], super, superb, superlative, superordinate, supreme, surpassing, tiptop, top-class, top-drawer, top-flight [Brit, informal], top-hole [Brit, informal], topnotch [informal], top-notch [informal], topping [Brit, archaic], tops [informal], transcendent, unaffected, upper, upper-level, weapons-grade, well-made, wicked [slang]

Type of: battler, belligerent, character, combatant, fighter, graph, grapheme, graphic symbol, lake, leader, religious, scrapper, town

Antonym: adscript, inferior

Part of: Badger State, Great Lakes, WI, Wis., Wisc., Wisconsin

Encyclopedia: Superior, WI