Dictionary wrote:su·pe·ri·or
adj.
Higher than another in rank, station, or authority: a superior officer.
Of a higher nature or kind.
Of great value or excellence; extraordinary.
Greater in number or amount than another: an army defeated by superior numbers of enemy troops.
Affecting an attitude of disdain or conceit; haughty and supercilious.
Above being affected or influenced; indifferent or immune: ?Trust magnates were superior to law? (Gustavus Myers).
Located higher than another; upper.
Botany. Inserted or situated above the perianth. Used of an ovary.
Printing. Set above the main line of type.
Logic. Of wider or more comprehensive application; generic. Used of a term or proposition.
n.
One that surpasses another in rank or quality.
Ecclesiastical. The head of a religious community, such as a monastery, abbey, or convent.
Printing. A superior character, as the number 2 in x2.
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