supreme court

1. 1.

   the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation

   SynonymsSupreme Court of the United StatesUnited States Supreme Court

   Broaderfederal court

   Part ofjudicial branch

   law

2. 2.

   the highest court in most states of the United States

   Synonymsstate supreme courthigh court

   Broadercourt

   law

Questions about supreme court

What does supreme court mean?

supreme court means "the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for supreme court?

Close synonyms include Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court, state supreme court, high court. 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 court a common word?

supreme court is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.