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Synonyms & Antonyms for superior
Synonyms: Adjective
arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, highfalutin (also hifalutin), huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lofty, lordly, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, sniffy, stiff-necked, supercilious, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity
Synonyms: Noun
Antonyms: Adjective
humble, lowly, modest, unarrogant, unpretentious
Antonyms: Noun
inferior, subordinate, underling
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Examples of superior in a Sentence
Adjective
This new model offers superior performance. The small army was overwhelmed by superior numbers. He only helps us because it makes him feel superior. Report to your superior officer. The verdict was reversed by a superior court.Noun
His superior gave him an excellent evaluation. You should report any problems to your immediate superior.
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The proposition isn’t that the American conception of nationhood is necessarily superior. — John Hood, National Review, "New Nationalists Make Three Big Bets," 28 Aug. 2019 Five of the 11 resulted in Cassidy being counseled by a superior on proper judicial behavior. — Tal Kopan, SFChronicle.com, "AG William Barr promotes immigration judges with high asylum denial rates," 23 Aug. 2019 And two of this region’s largest banks — Citizens and U.S. Bank – improved from four stars to five stars, meaning from excellent to superior, in the past two years. — cleveland.com, "Cleveland banks get healthier, but there are fewer of them," 28 July 2019 Starting Jozy Altidore up front in place of Gyasi Zardes was key, as the veteran international’s link play is superior. — Brian Straus, SI.com, "After Handling Jamaica, Weather Delay, USMNT Gets Gold Cup Final vs. Mexico," 4 July 2019 Glennon’s superior passing passing ability already had him in the lead against Nathan Peterman. — Jerry Mcdonald, The Mercury News, "Eight takeaways from Raiders decisive win over Cardinals," 15 Aug. 2019 Perhaps the oldest theory of humor, which dates back to Plato and other ancient Greek philosophers, posits that people find humor in, and laugh at, earlier versions of themselves and the misfortunes of others because of feeling superior. — Giovanni Sabato, Scientific American, "What’s So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh," 26 June 2019 Had one particular social and political system, by dint of hard experience, proven superior to all its rivals? — Robert Darnton, The New York Review of Books, "David A. Bell," 17 Jan. 2019 Many male economists seem to reckon the meritocracy is functioning perfectly well, with no problems to fix; men presumably dominate because of superior ability. — The Economist, "Barriers to entry," 10 May 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The next day, Hernandez reported for work and only told his superiors the bare minimum of what occurred, said Orange County Corrections Chief Louis A. Quiñones, who was on hand for the ceremony. — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentine