Definitions

superiority

[suh-peer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-, soo-] / səˌpɪər iˈɔr ɪ ti, -ˈɒr-, sʊ- /

NOUN

advantage, predominance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dominance excellence perfection preeminence prestige supremacy upper hand

STRONG

ascendancy authority better bulge edge eminence influence lead nobility position power predomination preponderance prevalence pull rank spark top transcendence vantage victory

WEAK

ahead meliority whip hand

Antonyms

STRONGEST

imperfection

STRONG

impotence incapacity inferiority weakness

WEAK

disadvantage subservience

Example Sentences

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Appeared in the May 5, 2026, print edition as 'America’s Air Superiority Is Losing Altitude'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

"Superiority in the air is key to success on the ground," air force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat was quoted as saying by Ukrainian media.

From Reuters • Aug. 21, 2023

"Superiority is not necessarily mean," Kuipers pointed out.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2021

Soom’s tahini is milled from Ethiopian seeds into a fragrant, silky paste, which lends itself to a defiantly smooth gelato Brooks Headley spins at Superiority Burger.

From Slate • Jul. 3, 2018

He has none of those Airs of Superiority, which they commonly assume, who in their Grandeur are the Favourites of Fortune.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

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Power Prefix: super-

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