superiors

NOUN

person higher or highest in rank

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boss manager principal ruler supervisor

STRONG

CEO VIP brass chief chieftain director elder exec executive head heavyweight higher-up leader senior

WEAK

head honcho key player

Antonyms

STRONGEST

employee worker

STRONG

follower junior

WEAK

inferior servant

Example Sentences

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First-year mids, Crew said, are actually required to read two news articles daily, and to discuss them with their superiors.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026

"You could get a decent role, earn money and not do the usual duties," he recalled his superiors saying.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Stilwell, who refrains from sharing his first name, operates on Catalina Island, a dumping ground for officers who’ve either botched cases or run afoul of their superiors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

They would funnel information and boil down data to pithy takeaways for their superiors.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Most of his partners, his immediate superiors and inferiors down in the capital, were Chicanos, and this had never bothered him.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols