superior

Etymology
, borrowed from, from.

Adjective

 * 1) Higher in rank, status, or quality.
 * 2) Of high standard or quality.
 * 3) Greater in size or power.
 * 4)  Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
 * 5) Greater or better than average.
 * 6) Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
 * 7)  Printed in superscript.
 * 8) Located above or out; higher in position.
 * 9)   Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
 * 10)   Above the ovary;
 * 11)   Above and free from the other floral organs.
 * 12)  Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
 * 13)   Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
 * 14)  More comprehensive.
 * 15) Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
 * 16)  Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
 * 1)   Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
 * 2)   Above the ovary;
 * 3)   Above and free from the other floral organs.
 * 4)  Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
 * 5)   Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
 * 6)  More comprehensive.
 * 7) Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
 * 8)  Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
 * 1) Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
 * 2)  Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
 * 1)  Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
 * 1)  Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.

Usage notes

 * and are generally followed by ;  is sometimes used mistakenly.
 * Other English words coming from Latin comparative forms are, the last six of which (along with ) have retained their comparative meaning in English. For other English terms ultimately from Latin comparatives formed with -us, see e.g. and.

Translations

 * Albanian: i, e epërme
 * Arabic: أَجْدَر, مُتَفَوِّق
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: overlegen
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: უმაღლესი
 * German:, , höherstehend,
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌿𐌼𐌰
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: ardchéimiúil
 * Italian:, sovraordinato
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Korean: 우수한
 * Lithuanian: aukštesnio laipsnio, vyresnysis
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: overlegen
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: اوست, یوقاری
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, mai bun
 * Russian:, ,
 * Samoan: sili
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ви́щий, ста́рший
 * Uyghur: ئۈستۈن


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: udmærket, førsteklasses
 * Finnish:
 * Kabuverdianu: nhaku
 * Lithuanian: ypatingasis
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: найлі́пший


 * Arabic: يعلو
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: разположен над
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian: viršutinis
 * Ottoman Turkish: اوست, یوقاری
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, mai sus
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: ви́щий

Noun

 * 1) A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
 * 2) The senior person in a monastic community.
 * 3) The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
 * 4)  A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
 * 5)  One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
 * 1)  A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
 * 2)  One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
 * 1)  One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: вишестоящ
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:, overordnet
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌴𐌹𐍃
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, superioară
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Etymology
..

Adjective

 * , higher, high

Etymology
Comparative of, from.

Adjective

 * 1) Higher, upper.
 * 2) Former, past, previous, preceding.
 * 3)  Older, elder, senior, more advanced, former.
 * 4) Victorious, conquering, stronger, superior.
 * 5) Higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.
 * 1) Higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.

Etymology
From.

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1) upper, higher
 * 2) better

Noun

 * 1) boss
 * 2) head of a monastery

Etymology
,.

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1) upper, higher
 * 2) better
 * 3) superior

Noun

 * 1) boss