superior definition

1. one of greater rank or station or quality
2. the head of a religious community
3. a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth
4. of high or superior quality or performance
• examples: superior wisdom derived from experience
• examples: superior math students
5. of or characteristic of high rank or importance
• examples: a superior ruler
6. (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by
• examples: overcome by a superior opponent
• examples: trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law
7. having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
• examples: Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets
8. (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by
• examples: he is superior to fear
• examples: an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades