superior
Better, higher or more important than others.
superior in a sentence
- The home team's superior skills won them the cup.
- This new raincoat is superior to my old one because it keeps me completely dry.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to superior?
- Ainferior
- Bworse
- Clesser
- Dbetter
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D: better. The other three mean the opposite of superior.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to superior?
- Afiner
- Binferior
- Cbetter
- Dgreater
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B: inferior. The other three mean nearly the same as superior.
Words that mean something similar
better, finer, greater
Words that mean the opposite
inferior, worse, lesser
More words about size & amount
- surplus: An amount left over when you have more than you need.
- swarm: A large moving crowd of insects or people.
- teem: To be completely full of moving things.
- throng: A large crowd of people packed together.
- tinge: A small amount of a colour or feeling.
- tremendous: Extremely large or extremely good.
- trifle: Something of little value or importance.
- trivial: So small and unimportant that it hardly matters.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test