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| Shopping | The largest selection of SUPERIOR products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: Super Air 8 Air Purifier By Oreck With Free S And h, beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | suwpih'riyer |
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| Rhymes | anterior, barrier, brazier, and 45 more rhymes in iyer... |
| Meaning | Of high or superior quality or performance. |
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| Examples | "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students" |
| Contrary | inferior |
| Similar | ace, A-one, crack, fantastic, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, tops; banner; blue-ribbon, select; boss, brag; brilliant, superb; capital; choice, prime, prize, quality, select; excellent, first-class, fantabulous; gilt-edged; greatest, sterling, superlative; high-performance; outstanding; premium; pukka, pucka; shining; spiffing; supreme; top-flight, top-hole, topping; transcendent, surpassing; weapons-grade; well-made |
| See also | best |
| Attribute of | quality, caliber, calibre |
| Nouns | superiority |
| Meaning | Of or characteristic of high rank or importance. |
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| Examples | "a superior officer" |
| Contrary | inferior |
| Similar | arch, condescending, patronizing, patronising; eminent, high; leading, preeminent; high-level, high-ranking, upper-level; majestic, olympian; superordinate; upper |
| See also | dominant; high |
| Nouns | superiority |
| Meaning | (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by. |
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| Examples | "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law" |
| Similar to | dominant |
| Nouns | superiority |
| Meaning | Written or printed above and to one side of another character. |
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| Synonyms | superscript |
| Contrary | subscript, inferior; adscript |
| Category | printing, printing process |
| Meaning | Having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit. |
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| Examples | "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets" |
| Contrary | inferior |
| Category | astronomy, uranology |
| Meaning | Having a higher rank. |
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| Examples | "superior officer" |
| Synonyms | ranking, higher-ranking |
| Similar to | senior |
| Nouns | superiority |
| Meaning | (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by. |
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| Examples | "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades" |
| Similar to | unaffected |
| Meaning | One of greater rank or station or quality. |
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| Synonyms | higher-up, superordinate |
| Contrary | inferior |
| Broader | leader |
| Narrower | better; god; supervisor |
| Meaning | The head of a religious community. |
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| Broader | religious |
| Narrower | abbess, mother superior, prioress; abbot, archimandrite; prior |
| Meaning | A combatant who is able to defeat rivals. |
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| Synonyms | victor, master |
| Broader | combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper |
| Narrower | conqueror, vanquisher |
| Meaning | The largest freshwater lake in the world. The deepest of the Great Lakes. |
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| Synonyms | Lake Superior |
| Part of | Great Lakes |
| Instance of | lake |
| Meaning | A town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth. |
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| Part of | Wisconsin, Badger State, WI |
| Instance of | town |
| Meaning | A character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character. |
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| Synonyms | superscript |
| Contrary | subscript, inferior |
| Broader | character, grapheme, graphic symbol |
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