superior

/suːˈpɪəriər/

意味: 上司、優れた人

例文: Haruki spoke with his superior.
　　  ハルキは上司と話した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: superior quality(優れた品質), superior position(上位の地位), superior attitude(優越感の態度)

定義: 他のものよりも優れている、または上位にあることを示す言葉です。人や物が他よりも優れている、または高い地位にあることを表します。たとえば、品質が他よりも良い場合や、地位が高い場合に使われます。

superiorは約30,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: one of greater rank or station or quality
Noun: the head of a religious community
Noun: a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
Noun: the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes
Noun: a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth
Noun: a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
Adjective: of high or superior quality or performance
Adjective: of or characteristic of high rank or importance
Adjective: (sometimes followed by `to’) not subject to or influenced by
Adjective: written or printed above and to one side of another character
Adjective: having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth’s orbit
Adjective: having a higher rank
Adjective: (often followed by `to’) above being affected or influenced by

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Adjective

Examples(例文)

Adjective: superior wisdom derived from experience
Adjective: superior math students
Adjective: a superior ruler
Adjective: overcome by a superior opponent
Adjective: trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law
Adjective: Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets
Adjective: superior officer
Adjective: he is superior to fear
Adjective: an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): Lake Superior, Superior, higher-ranking, higher-up, master, ranking, superior, superordinate, superscript, victor

Antonyms(反意語): adscript, inferior, subscript

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): character, combatant, leader, religious

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): allograph, aristocrat, ascii character, asterisk, bellwether, benedictine, boss, boxer, brawler, butter, caller, capital, captain, cenobite, check character, cheerleader, choragus, civic leader, commander, dagger, defender, demigod, double dagger, duce, employer, eremite, father, fencer, friar, fugleman, galvanizer, gladiator, gouger, guide, guru, head, headman, hell-kite, hero, ideogram, imam, instigator, jesuit, labor leader, lawgiver, letter, ligature, malik, mathematical symbol, mauler, military leader, misleader, model, monk, nationalist leader, nun, percent sign, phonetic symbol, pictograph, pied piper, point man, point woman, politician, presiding officer, puppet ruler, radical, religious leader, rune, scoutmaster, skirmisher, small letter, space, spearhead, spiritual leader, stenograph, street fighter, strike leader, subscript, superior, superscript, torchbearer, trainer, type, victor, votary, wrestler

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): abbess, abbot, better, conqueror, god, prior, supervisor

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: superiority

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): super

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

TOEIC500

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive