supreme

[suh-preem, soo-] / səˈprim, sʊ- /

ADJECTIVE

greatest, principal

Synonyms

WEAK

absolute best cardinal chief closing crowning culminating excellent extreme final first foremost head highest incomparable last leading marvelous matchless maximum paramount peerless perfect predominant preeminent prevailing prime sovereign superb superlative surpassing terminal top top-drawer towering transcendent ultimate unequaled unmatched unparalleled unsurpassable unsurpassed utmost

Antonyms

WEAK

inferior least littlest lowly minor poor serving

Example Sentences

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But Katherine LaNasa’s Nurse Dana still reigns supreme and has enough screen time this season where she could have gone lead and possibly won.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

In the history of musical beefs, some cuts reign supreme.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

A shameful way to treat the visitors, who have given us so much this season, so many supreme moments, so much that made the title race the greatest in the lifetime of so many.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

“They wonder about where he is,” Azizi said of the new supreme leader.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

They said he was the padeshah of pate a choux, the ruler supreme of rosewater and cream.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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