supreme

/ˌsuˈpɹim/
adjectiveverbnoun

Dominant, having power over all others.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 3 meanings

  1. Dominant, having power over all others.

  2. Greatest, or the most excellent, extreme, superior, highest, or utmost.

    “supreme disgust”

  3. Situated at the highest part or point.

Verb 1 meaning

  1. To divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.

Noun 4 meanings

  1. The highest point.

  2. A pizza having a large number of the most common toppings, such as pepperoni, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, etc.

  3. A breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached.

  4. Anything from which all skin, bones, and other parts which are not eaten have been removed, such as a skinless fish fillet.

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Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English suppreme, partly from Middle French suppreme, supreme and partly from its etymon, Latin suprēmus, superlative of superus (“that is above”). In the cooking sense, partly an independent borrowing of French suprême, partly merged with the existing English word. Doublet of supremo.

Similar and opposite words

Similar
predominantpreponderantregnant
Opposite
inferiorminor

SUPREME at a glance

SUPREME has 7 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (S 1 + U 1 + P 3 + R 1 + E 1 + M 3 + E 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,038 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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