superior
superior (s-pîrʹē-ər) adjective
Abbr. sup., super.
1. Higher than another in rank, station, or authority: a superior officer.
2. Of a higher nature or kind.
3. Of great value or excellence; extraordinary.
4. Greater in number or amount than another: an army defeated by superior numbers of enemy troops.
5. Affecting an attitude of disdain or conceit; haughty and supercilious.
6. Above being affected or influenced; indifferent or immune: "Trust magnates were superior to law" (Gustavus Myers).
7. Located higher than another; upper.
8. Botany. Inserted or situated above the perianth. Used of an ovary.
9. Printing. Set above the main line of type.
10. Logic. Of wider or more comprehensive application; generic. Used of a term or proposition.
noun
1. One who surpasses another in rank or quality.
2. Ecclesiastical. The head of a religious community, such as a monastery, an abbey, or a convent.
3. Printing. A superior character, as the number 2 in x2.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin comparative of superus, upper, from super, over.]
superiorʹity (-ôrʹĭ-tē, -ŏrʹ-) noun
supeʹriorly adverb