supers

Apartment building caretakers

Supers is the plural of super, most often referring to building superintendents in American urban contexts: The supers in our building rotate on-call weekends.

In theater and film, supers are supernumeraries—extras who appear onstage or onscreen without speaking roles.

In beekeeping, supers are the boxes stacked above the main hive body where bees store surplus honey.

film

extras

Additional items included

scenes · casting · production · nonspeaking · atmosphere · Hollywood · studio · call · talent · agency

superheroes

comics

Sequential art medium

  • MarvelSuperhero media conglomerate
  • DCUnidirectional electrical flow
  • powersAbilities or authorities held

mutants · vigilantes · capes · villains · protagonists · antagonists · avengers · x-men · guardians · defenders

superintendents

building

Enclosed roofed structure

tenants · residential · custodian · janitor · caretaker · doorman · handyman · repairs · boiler · keys

superscript

typography

Arranging letters for display

ordinals · trademark · copyright · registered · mathematical · indices · annotation · reference · superior · raised

Categories
Opposites
building management hierarchy

superslandlords

Rental property owners

owners · tenants · residents · slumlords · management company

heroic power status

supersnormals

Typical or expected values

powerless · unpowered · civilians · ordinary people · muggles

theatrical prominence

supersleads

Goes in front

principals · stars · headliners · protagonists

Phrases
Family

super, supervisor, superhero, superintendent, superfine, supersize, superimpose, supertanker, supernumerary

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