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say it: soo-PIR-ee-ur
superior is an adjective and noun meaning "of high or superior quality or performance". It is pronounced /suˈpɪɹiɚ/ — soo-PIR-ee-ur. It carries 13 recorded senses.
of or characteristic of high rank or importance
“a superior ruler”
(sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by
“overcome by a superior opponent”
“trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law”
having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
“Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets”
astronomy
(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”
one of greater rank or station or quality
the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes
a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for superior come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.