adj.
- higher in rank, status, or quality.
▸of high standard or quality.
▸greater in size or power.
▸
(superior to)
above yielding to or being influenced by.
- conceited or arrogant.
- (of a letter, figure, or symbol) written or printed above the line.
- Anatomy further above or out; higher in position.
▸Botany (of the ovary of a flower) situated above the sepals and petals.
n.
- a person of superior rank.
▸the head of a monastery or other religious institution.
- Printing a superior letter, figure, or symbol.
Derivative
- superiority n.
- superiorly adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. superiour, from L. superior, compar. of superus ‘that is above’, from super ‘above’.