Synonyms for superior
səˈpɪər i ər, sʊ-su·pe·ri·or

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1. superiornoun

   Antonyms:
   inferior

2. superiornoun

   Higher in quality.

   Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.

   Antonyms:
   inferior

3. superioradjective

   Higher in rank.

   Antonyms:
   inferior

4. superioradjective

   Antonyms:
   inferior

5. superioradjective

   Antonyms:
   inferior

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. superior

   Synonyms:
   august, beneficent, commanding, dignified, exalted, glorious, grand, great, helpful, lofty, mighty, noble, sublime, superb

   Antonyms:
   abject, base, contemptible, despicable, lamentable, miserable, mournful, moving, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, sorrowful, touching, woful, wretched

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. superior

   Synonyms:
   higher, upper, better, preferable, surpassing, loftier, excellent, remarkable, eminent, conspicuous

   Antonyms:
   inferior, lower, worse, subordinate, ordinary, common, unremarkable, average, mean, mediocre

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. superior, higher-up, superordinatenoun

   one of greater rank or station or quality

   Synonyms:
   superordinate word, hypernym, superordinate, victor, higher-up, master, superscript

   Antonyms:
   inferior, humble, woeful, execrable, third-rate, scrubby, cheapjack, second-rate, ropy, utility(a), shoddy, scrawny, tawdry, affected, low, ropey, mediocre, low-level, utility-grade, tinny, common, miserable, less, deplorable, chintzy, modest, bush-league, commercial, subordinate, middle-level, bad, lowly, outclassed, cheesy, second-class, stunted, junior, punk, base, low-grade, bush, bum, coarsened, sleazy, coarse, wretched, cheap, small, commercial-grade, crummy, indifferent

2. superiornoun

   the head of a religious community

   Synonyms:
   master, superscript, higher-up, victor, superordinate

   Antonyms:
   inferior, low-level, modest, punk, ropy, cheapjack, sleazy, tawdry, bush-league, scrawny, bush, crummy, mediocre, third-rate, tinny, scrubby, outclassed, chintzy, indifferent, utility-grade, stunted, coarse, affected, cheesy, commercial, utility(a), cheap, humble, wretched, low, execrable, bad, base, bum, deplorable, subordinate, middle-level, second-rate, less, woeful, ropey, lowly, second-class, coarsened, miserable, small, common, low-grade, commercial-grade, junior, shoddy

3. victor, master, superiornoun

   a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

   Synonyms:
   professional, master key, superscript, master copy, higher-up, schoolmaster, winner, original, passkey, superordinate, maestro, victor, master, overlord, passe-partout, sea captain, headmaster, captain, lord, skipper

   Antonyms:
   inferior, crummy, sleazy, utility-grade, ropey, modest, low, cheapjack, tawdry, small, punk, mediocre, low-level, tinny, deplorable, subordinate, middle-level, scrubby, base, bum, third-rate, coarse, ropy, chintzy, lowly, cheap, second-class, execrable, stunted, bush, common, bush-league, miserable, shoddy, cheesy, coarsened, bad, woeful, scrawny, outclassed, affected, less, low-grade, humble, commercial-grade, junior, utility(a), wretched, second-rate, indifferent, commercial

4. Lake Superior, Superiornoun

   the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes

   Synonyms:
   master, superscript, higher-up, victor, superordinate

   Antonyms:
   inferior, deplorable, commercial, shoddy, ropey, third-rate, scrubby, low, miserable, commercial-grade, ropy, low-level, scrawny, utility-grade, base, humble, middle-level, bum, affected, cheapjack, coarse, lowly, cheesy, execrable, second-rate, modest, less, wretched, coarsened, sleazy, bush, common, outclassed, indifferent, subordinate, stunted, tawdry, woeful, mediocre, crummy, second-class, bad, bush-league, tinny, chintzy, utility(a), small, low-grade, junior, cheap, punk

5. Superiornoun

   a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth

   Synonyms:
   master, superscript, higher-up, victor, superordinate

   Antonyms:
   inferior, ropy, commercial, bush, middle-level, humble, low-level, junior, coarsened, bush-league, cheesy, common, miserable, scrubby, modest, third-rate, stunted, tinny, deplorable, ropey, outclassed, shoddy, bum, scrawny, lowly, cheapjack, second-class, utility(a), tawdry, bad, low-grade, commercial-grade, low, subordinate, wretched, cheap, small, less, chintzy, affected, indifferent, sleazy, crummy, punk, execrable, mediocre, woeful, second-rate, coarse, utility-grade, base

6. superscript, superioradjective

   a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character

   Synonyms:
   master, superscript, higher-up, victor, superordinate

   Antonyms:
   inferior, common, execrable, third-rate, ropey, humble, bum, scrubby, affected, cheap, chintzy, tawdry, junior, less, bush-league, low-level, modest, shoddy, stunted, tinny, bad, second-class, utility-grade, miserable, scrawny, small, indifferent, cheesy, crummy, deplorable, coarsened, utility(a), commercial, outclassed, low-grade, bush, sleazy, second-rate, middle-level, cheapjack, punk, subordinate, woeful, mediocre, wretched, coarse, ropy, lowly, commercial-grade, low, base

7. superioradjective

   of high or superior quality or performance

   "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"

   Synonyms:
   higher-ranking, ranking(a), superscript, superior(p)

   Antonyms:
   inferior, ropy, indifferent, execrable, utility(a), less, second-rate, low, low-level, miserable, wretched, crummy, humble, base, ropey, commercial-grade, second-class, common, middle-level, scrubby, sleazy, scrawny, bush, cheesy, affected, bad, cheapjack, junior, lowly, third-rate, stunted, tawdry, chintzy, mediocre, tinny, shoddy, coarsened, outclassed, punk, bush-league, low-grade, woeful, utility-grade, cheap, bum, coarse, small, subordinate, deplorable, modest, commercial

8. superioradjective

   of or characteristic of high rank or importance

   "a superior ruler"

   Synonyms:
   higher-ranking, ranking(a), superscript, superior(p)

   Antonyms:
   inferior, miserable, affected, junior, outclassed, stunted, second-class, common, wretched, shoddy, ropy, low-level, low-grade, commercial-grade, subordinate, small, lowly, tawdry, woeful, punk, base, humble, scrubby, indifferent, coarsened, deplorable, modest, bush-league, low, mediocre, tinny, utility(a), cheap, middle-level, cheesy, coarse, scrawny, utility-grade, third-rate, cheapjack, ropey, less, commercial, second-rate, crummy, sleazy, execrable, bum, bad, bush, chintzy

9. superioradjective

   (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by

   "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"

   Synonyms:
   higher-ranking, ranking(a), superscript, superior(p)

   Antonyms:
   inferior, cheapjack, bush, chintzy, sleazy, bad, modest, indifferent, small, punk, ropey, bum, low-level, utility-grade, second-rate, third-rate, low, shoddy, scrubby, outclassed, bush-league, low-grade, miserable, less, common, lowly, affected, junior, commercial-grade, commercial, coarsened, tawdry, subordinate, cheesy, humble, deplorable, mediocre, crummy, tinny, execrable, scrawny, stunted, woeful, second-class, cheap, middle-level, base, coarse, utility(a), wretched, ropy

10. superscript, superioradjective

    written or printed above and to one side of another character

    Synonyms:
    higher-ranking, ranking(a), superscript, superior(p)

    Antonyms:
    inferior, punk, common, outclassed, bad, cheap, bush, second-rate, ropy, utility-grade, wretched, execrable, middle-level, crummy, indifferent, humble, sleazy, less, coarsened, coarse, junior, miserable, low-grade, cheesy, lowly, third-rate, small, shoddy, low, cheapjack, bum, utility(a), low-level, scrubby, commercial, modest, subordinate, woeful, ropey, commercial-grade, scrawny, bush-league, tinny, stunted, chintzy, affected, second-class, base, tawdry, mediocre, deplorable

11. superioradjective

    having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit

    "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"

    Synonyms:
    higher-ranking, ranking(a), superscript, superior(p)

    Antonyms:
    inferior, coarse, deplorable, scrawny, small, mediocre, tinny, execrable, lowly, coarsened, ropy, third-rate, scrubby, modest, bad, low, tawdry, low-level, chintzy, subordinate, base, ropey, second-class, humble, miserable, bush, middle-level, utility(a), less, low-grade, stunted, bum, commercial-grade, indifferent, bush-league, wretched, cheap, junior, punk, affected, crummy, second-rate, outclassed, common, shoddy, commercial, cheesy, utility-grade, cheapjack, woeful, sleazy

12. ranking(a), superior, higher-rankingadjective

    having a higher rank

    "superior officer"

    Antonyms:
    inferior, junior, wretched, subordinate, utility-grade, low-level, utility(a), second-class, execrable, chintzy, low-grade, bad, tawdry, commercial-grade, cheapjack, punk, shoddy, modest, stunted, cheesy, bum, outclassed, bush-league, sleazy, indifferent, deplorable, affected, tinny, base, middle-level, small, common, ropey, cheap, miserable, mediocre, low, humble, scrawny, woeful, ropy, commercial, second-rate, scrubby, less, crummy, third-rate, lowly, bush, coarsened, coarse

13. superior(p)adjective

    (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by

    "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades"

    Antonyms:
    inferior, bush, low-level, utility-grade, small, deplorable, mediocre, second-rate, bad, wretched, tinny, scrubby, outclassed, commercial-grade, punk, shoddy, chintzy, miserable, ropy, second-class, tawdry, middle-level, humble, subordinate, bush-league, execrable, coarsened, lowly, coarse, sleazy, low, base, low-grade, common, cheesy, third-rate, ropey, utility(a), stunted, modest, woeful, cheapjack, cheap, bum, crummy, less, indifferent, scrawny, junior, commercial, affected

Matched Categories

1. • Great Lakes
   • Wisconsin
   • Astronomy
   • Combatant
   • Lake
   • Printing
   • Religious
   • Town

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mejor

   siempre estas sobre el nivel del otro.

   siempre te supero en el juego.

   Submitted by anonymous on October 26, 2020  

2. the bestadjective

   above and/or beyond the average joe.

   Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. superioradjective

   Synonyms:
   high, higher, upper, paramount, more elevated

2. superioradjective

   Synonyms:
   of higher rank, more exalted, more dignified

3. superioradjective

   Synonyms:
   surpassing, noble, more eminent, more excellent

4. superioradjective

   Synonyms:
   predominant, prevalent

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1. superioradjective

   Synonyms:
   more excellent, surpassing, paramount, predominant

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1. List of paraphrases for "superior":

   upper, higher, senior, supérieure, supérieur, above, top, superiors, best, top-level, tertiary, high, graduate, excess, supreme, supervisor, higher-level

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1. Confucius:

   There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth...lust. When he is strong...quarrelsomeness. When he is old...covetousness.

2. Hindustani Proverb:

   True nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

3. Sophia Loren:

   Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.

4. Derek Bethune:

   I won't say there aren't any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. But they have done so to our great embarrassment and in no way represent the Harvard I know.

5. Confucius:

   The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.