<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.</li><li>above the average in excellence, merit, intelligence, etc.: superior math students.</li><li>of higher grade or quality: superior merchandise.</li><li>greater in quantity or amount: superior numbers.</li><li>showing a consciousness or feeling of being better than or above others: superior airs.</li><li>not yielding or susceptible (usually followed by to): to be superior to temptation.</li><li>higher in place or position: We moved our camp to superior ground.</li><li>Botany. situated above some other organ.</li><li>(of a calyx) seeming to originate from the top of the ovary.</li><li>(of an ovary) free from the calyx.</li><li>Anatomy. (of an organ or part) higher in place or position; situated above another.</li><li>toward the head.</li><li>Printing. written or printed high on a line of text, as the “2” in a 2b; superscript.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>one superior to another.</li><li>Also called superscript.</li><li>Printing. a superior letter, number, or symbol.</li><li>Compare inferior (def 11).</li><li>Ecclesiastical. the head of a monastery, convent, or the like.</li></ul>