of higher rank, quality, or importance
Her accent was far superior to a maid's — John Fowles
excellent of its kind
better
Man is not much superior to a rat in finding his way in a maze — Michael Polanyi
greater in quantity or number
situated higher up; upper
the superior laryngeal nerve
said of the ovary of a flower: free from a surrounding part, e.g. the calyx
said of the calyx of a flower: attached to and apparently arising from the ovary
in printing, denoting a letter or symbol printed above the line; superscript
courageously or serenely indifferent or unyielding, e.g. to something painful or disheartening
affecting or assuming a haughty or conceited air; supercilious
superiority /-ʹoriti/ noun
superiorly adv
[Middle English via French from Latin superior, compar of superus upper, from super over, above]