Superior

Largest freshwater lake

Superior most often refers to Lake Superior, the largest of North America's Great Lakes by surface area, bordering the U.S. and Canada.

It also appears in place names and institutional titles: Superior Court, Mother Superior. (Lowercase superior means higher in rank or quality.)

lake

Great Lakes

Five connected inland seas

coldest · Duluth · North Shore · shipping · iron ore · lake trout · whitefish · shipwrecks · lighthouse · ice fishing

religious

abbot

Monastery's chief cleric

convent · monastery · order · monastic · ecclesiastical · reverend · leader · authority · obedience · vows

Categories
Opposites
quality/rank

Superiorinferior

Of lower rank

substandard · lesser · worse · lower · poor

hierarchical position

Superiorsubordinate

One lower in rank

inferior · underling · junior · subservient · minion

spatial position

Superiorinferior

Of lower rank

lower · below · underneath · beneath · basal

Phrases
Family

superiority, superintendent

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G