English noun: superiority |
1. | superiority (attribute) the quality of being superior |
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| Synonyms | high quality |
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| Broader (hypernym) | caliber, calibre, quality |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | choiceness, cleverness, fineness, first class, first water, ingeniousness, ingenuity |
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| Antonyms | low quality, inferiority |
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2. | superiority (attribute) the quality of being at a competitive advantage |
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| Synonyms | favorable position, favourable position |
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| Broader (hypernym) | advantage, vantage |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | edge, inside track, upper hand, whip hand |
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3. | superiority (attribute) displaying a sense of being better than others |
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| Samples | He hated the white man's superiority and condescension.
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| Broader (hypernym) | arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness |
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4. | superiority (state) the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits |
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| Synonyms | transcendence, transcendency |
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| Broader (hypernym) | domination, mastery, supremacy |
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