superior

1. a. More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. Source: opted

2. a. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. Source: opted

3. a. Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery. Source: opted

4. a. Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to. Source: opted

5. a. More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species. Source: opted

6. a. Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it. Source: opted

7. a. Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior. Source: opted

8. a. Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle. Source: opted

9. n. One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English. Source: opted

10. n. The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like. Source: opted

11. adj. of high or superior quality or performance Source: wordnet

12. adj. of or characteristic of high rank or importance Source: wordnet

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