Superior
More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.
Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility.
Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery.
Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to.
More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species.
Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.
Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.
Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle.
One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English.
The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.
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Superior Quotations
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Albert Einstein
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
Albert Einstein
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
Abraham Lincoln
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Abraham Lincoln
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
Confucius
The object of the superior man is truth.
Confucius
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
Confucius
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
Confucius
The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.
Confucius
Superior Translations
superior in Danish is chef
superior in Dutch is opperste, prevalent, superieur
superior in French is meilleur
superior in Latin is supernus
superior in Spanish is magistrado, superior
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