Superiority
Superiority
#33. Superiority. [Supremacy.] -- N. superiority, majority; greatness
&c. 31; advantage; pull; preponderance, preponderation; vantage ground,
prevalence, partiality; personal superiority; nobility &c. (rank) 875;
Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares[Lat], nulli secundus[Lat],
captain; crackajack * [obs][U. S.].
- supremacy, preeminence; lead; maximum; record; trikumia[obs],
climax; culmination &c. (summit) 210; transcendence; ne plus ultra[Lat];
lion's share, Benjamin's mess; excess, surplus &c. (remainder) 40;
(redundancy) 641.
- V. be superior &c. adj.; exceed, excel, transcend; outdo,
outbalance[obs], outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass,
get ahead of; over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh,
overmatch; top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip &c. 303;
eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's
nose out of joint; have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the
advantage; turn the scale, kick the beam; play first fiddle &c.
(importance) 642,; preponderate, predominate, prevail; precede, take
precedence, come first; come to a head, culminate; beat &c. all others,
bear the palm; break the record; take the cake * [U. S.].
become larger, render larger &c. (increase) 35, (expand) 194.
- Adj. superior, greater, major, higher; exceeding &c. v.;great &c. 31;
distinguished, ultra[Lat]; vaulting; more than a match for.
- supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning;
first-rate &c. (important) 642, (excellent) 648; unrivaled peerless,
matchless; none such, second to none, sans pareil[Fr]; unparagoned[obs],
unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached[obs], unsurpassed; superlative,
inimitable facile princeps[Lat], incomparable, sovereign, without parallel,
nulli secundus[Lat], ne plus ultra[Lat]; beyond compare, beyond comparison;
culminating &c. (topmost) 210; transcendent, transcendental;plus royaliste
que le Roi[Fr], more catholic than the Pope
- increased &c. (added to) 35; enlarged &c. (expanded) 194.
- Adv. beyond, more, over; over the mark, above the mark; above par;
upwards of, in advance of; over and above; at the top of the scale, at its
height.
- [in a superior or supreme degree] eminently, egregiously,
preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all,
of all things, the most, to crown all, kat exochin[Grk], par
excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori,
even, yea, still more.
- Phr. " I shall not look upon his like again " [Hamlet]; deos fortioribus
addesse [Lat][Tacitus].