superior
Higher in rank, status, or quality.
Adjective 4 meanings
Higher in rank, status, or quality.
“Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.”
Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
Printed in superscript.
“a superior figure or letter”
Located above or out; higher in position.
“the superior jaw; the superior part of an image”
Noun 2 meanings
A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).
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SUPERIOR at a glance
SUPERIOR has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (S 1 + U 1 + P 3 + E 1 + R 1 + I 1 + O 1 + R 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,197 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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