supreme

1. 1.

   final or last in your life or progress

   “the supreme sacrifice”

   “the supreme judgment”

   Similarultimate
2. 2.

   greatest in status or authority or power

   “a supreme tribunal”

   Synonymssovereign

   Similardominant
3. 3.

   highest in excellence or achievement

   “supreme among musicians”

   “a supreme endeavor”

   “supreme courage”

   Similarsuperior
4. 4.

   greatest or maximal in degree; extreme

   “supreme folly”

   “the supreme confidence of youth”

   “the sublime absurdity of the creative process”

   “His face assumed an expression of sublime conceit”

   Synonymssublime

   Similarmaximal

Other forms of supreme

comparative

supremer·

superlative

supremest·

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.

Questions about supreme

What does supreme mean?

supreme means "final or last in your life or progress". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in supreme?

supreme has 2 syllables: su-preme. The stress falls on "preme". In IPA it is /səˈpɹim/.

What is another word for supreme?

Close synonyms include sovereign, sublime. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is supreme a common word?

supreme is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.