SUPER

super

(adjective) including more than a specified category; “a super experiment”

super

(adjective) extremely large; “another super skyscraper”

ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops

(adjective) of the highest quality; “an ace reporter”; “a crack shot”; “a first-rate golfer”; “a super party”; “played top-notch tennis”; “an athlete in tiptop condition”; “she is absolutely tops”

extremely, exceedingly, super, deathly

(adverb) to an extreme degree; “extremely cold”; “extremely unpleasant”; “she is super smart”; “the night was deathly cold”; “as a child, I was deathly afraid of snakes”

superintendent, super

(noun) a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

super (not comparable)

Of excellent quality, superfine.

better than average, better than usual; wonderful.

Synonyms

• (better): awesome, excellent

Adverb

super (not comparable)

(informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).

Etymology 2

Abbreviation by shortening.

Noun

super (plural supers)

(Australia, New Zealand, informal) Short for superannuation.

Short for supercomputer.

(comics, slang) Short for superhero.

(beekeeping) Short for superhive.

(informal, US) Short for superintendent, especially, a building's resident manager (sometimes clarified as “building super”).

(neologism) Short for supernaturalist, especially as distinguished from bright.

Short for supernumerary; (theatre) specifically, a supernumerary actor.

Short for supertanker.

Short for supervisor.

Verb

super (third-person singular simple present supers, present participle supering, simple past and past participle supered)

(beekeeping) Short for superhive.

(television) Short for superimpose.

Anagrams

• Pre-Us, Purse, Rupes, pures, purse, re-ups, reups, rupes, sprue

Source: Wiktionary

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Su"per-. Etym: [L. super over, above; akin to Gr. sub under, and E. over. See Over, and cf. Hyper-, Sub-, Supra-, Sur-.]

1. A prefix signifying above, over, beyond, and hence often denoting in a superior position, in excess, over and above, in addition, exceedingly; as in superimpose, supersede, supernatural, superabundance.

2. (Chem.)

Definition: A prefix formerly much used to denote that the ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and Per-.

Su"per, n.

Definition: A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2. [Theatrical Cant]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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