superior
1. su.pe.ri.or \su.-'pir-e--*r\ aj [ME, fr. MF superieur, fr. L superior,
compar. of superus upp]er, fr. super over, above - more at OVER 1: situated
higher up : UPPER 2: of higher rank, quality, or importance 3:
courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful, disheart
ening, or demoralizing) 4a: greater in quantity or numbers 4b: excellent
of its kind : BETTER 5: SUPERSCRIPT of an animal structure 6a: situated
above or anterior or dorsal to another and esp. a correspondi ng part {a ~
artery} of a plant structure 6b: situated above or near the top of another
part : as of a calyx 6b1: attached to and apparently arising from the
ovary of an ovary 6b2: free from the calyx or other floral envelope 7:
more comprehensive {a genus is ~ to a species} 8: affecting or assuming an
air of superiority : SUPERCILIOUS
2. superior n 1: one who is above another in rank, station, or office; esp
: the head of a religious house or order 2: one that surpasses another in
quality or merit