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| Main Entry: | superiority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, predominance |
| Synonyms: | ahead, ascendancy, authority, better, bulge, dominance, edge, eminence, excellence, influence, lead, nobility, perfection, position, power, preponderance, prestige, prevalence, pull, rank, spark, supremacy, top, upper hand*, victory, meliority, predomination, preeminence, transcendence, vantage, whip hand |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, inferiority, subservience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
superiority, majority; greatness [more]; advantage; pull; preponderance, preponderation; vantage ground, prevalence, partiality; personal superiority; nobility (rank) [more]; Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares, nulli secundus, captain; crackerjack., supremacy, preeminence; lead; maximum; record; climax; culmination (summit) [more]; transcendence; ne plus ultra; lion's share, Benjamin's mess; excess, surplus (remainder) [more]; (redundance) [more].
-verbs
be superior; exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; overtop, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip [more]; 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 (importance) [more]; preponderate, predominate, prevail; precede, take precedence, come first; come to a head, culminate; beat all others, bear the palm; break the record; take the cake., become larger, render larger (increase) [more], (expand) [more].
-adjectives
superior, greater, major, higher; exceeding; great [more]; distinguished, ultra; vaulting; more than a match for., supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning; first-rate (important) [more], (excellent) [more]; unrivaled peerless, matchless; none such, second to none, sans pareil; unparagoned, unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached, unsurpassed; superlative, inimitable facile princeps, incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus, ne plus ultra; beyond compare, beyond comparison; culminating (topmost) [more]; transcendent, transcendental; plus royaliste que le Roi, more catholic than the Pope, increased (added to) [more]; enlarged (expanded) [more].
-adverbs
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, par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still more.
-phrases
"I shall not look upon his like again" [Hamlet]; deos fortioribus addesse [Tacitus]. [more]
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| Antonyms: | inferiority |
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
| Synonyms: | aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand*, utility, wealth, expediency, leg-up, pre-eminence |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ascendancy/ascendency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domination |
| Synonyms: | advantage, authority, command, control, dominance, dominion, edge, influence, jump*, mastery, power, predominance, prevalence, reign, rule, sovereignty, superiority, supremacy, sway, upper hand*, leg up, on top, preeminence, prepotence, whip hand |
| Antonyms: | decline, inferiority, subordination, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | domination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | control; subjection |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authority, command, despotism, dictatorship, dominance, dominion, influence, jurisdiction, might, oppression, power, repression, rule, sovereignty, subordination, superiority, suppression, supremacy, sway, tyranny, preponderancy, prepotence, prepotency, strings |
| Antonyms: | following, submission, surrender, yielding |
| Main Entry: | egoism/egotism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-centeredness |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, assurance, boasting, conceit, haughtiness, insolence, ostentation, presumption, pride, self-confidence, self-importance, self-love, self-possession, selfishness, superiority, vainglory, vanity, boastfulness, bragging, conceitedness, egocentricity, egomania, gasconade, megalomania, narcissism, overconfidence, preoccupation with self, self-absorption, self-admiration, self-interest, self-regard, self-worship, swellheadedness, vaunting |
| Antonyms: | altruism, humility, selflessness |
| Main Entry: | fame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebrity |
| Synonyms: | éclat, acclaim, acclamation, account, acknowledgment, character, credit, dignity, distinction, elevation, eminence, esteem, estimation, exaltation, favor, glory, greatness, heyday, honor, immortality, kudos, laurels, luster, majesty, name, nobility, note, notoriety, place, popularity, position, prominence, rank, recognition, regard, renown, report, reputation, splendor, standing, stardom, station, superiority, illustriousness, preeminence, public esteem, rep, repute |
| Main Entry: | goodness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decency, excellence |
| Synonyms: | advantage, benefit, benevolence, friendliness, generosity, good will, grace, honesty, honor, integrity, kindheartedness, kindness, mercy, merit, morality, nourishment, probity, quality, rectitude, righteousness, superiority, uprightness, value, virtue, worth, beneficence, ethicality, graciousness, humaneness, kindliness, obligingness, rightness, wholesomeness |
| Antonyms: | evil, indecency, meanness, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | government |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management, administration |
| Synonyms: | Uncle Sam*, authority, bureaucracy, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, empire, execution, executive, guidance, influence, jurisdiction, law, ministry, patronage, politics, power, predominance, regency, regime, regimentation, regulation, restraint, rule, sovereignty, state, superiority, supervision, supremacy, sway, union, Washington, governance, political practice, polity, powers-that-be, presidency, statecraft, superintendence, the feds |
| Antonyms: | anarchy, chaos, coup, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, revolt, revolution |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leadership |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guidance |
| Synonyms: | administration, authority, capacity, command, control, conveyance, direction, domination, foresight, hegemony, influence, initiative, management, power, primacy, skill, superiority, supremacy, sway, conduction, directorship, pilotage, preeminence, superintendency |
| Main Entry: | nobility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aristocracy; eminence |
| Synonyms: | dignity, elevation, elite, exaltation, excellence, generosity, gentry, glorification, grandeur, greatness, high society, honor, integrity, magnanimity, magnificence, majesty, royalty, society, superiority, upper class, uprightness, virtue, ennoblement, illustriousness, incorruptibility, loftiness, nobleness, patricians, peerage, ruling class, stateliness, sublimity, worthiness |
| Main Entry: | perfection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, completeness |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, acme, arete, completion, consummation, crown, ending, evolution, exactness, excellence, finish, fulfillment, ideal, integrity, maturity, merit, paragon, precision, purity, quality, realization, superiority, supremacy, virtue, wholeness, achieving, entireness, excellency, exquisiteness, faultlessness, finishing, idealism, impeccability, perfectness, phoenix, ripeness, sublimity, transcendence |
| Antonyms: | damage, deficiency, flaw, imperfection, worthlessness, incompleteness, uselessness |
| Main Entry: | precedence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highest in rank; first in order |
| Synonyms: | lead, preference, primary, priority, rank, seniority, superiority, supremacy, antecedence, anteposition, earliness, precedency, precession, preeminence, preexistence, prevenience, previousness |
| Antonyms: | inferiority, last, lowest |
| Main Entry: | preponderance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great numbers; supremacy |
| Synonyms: | advantage, ascendancy, bigger half, bulk, command, dominance, domination, dominion, extensiveness, greater part, lion's share, mass, max, mostest, power, predominance, prevalence, superiority, sway, weight |
| Antonyms: | inferiority |
| Main Entry: | priority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first concern |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, lead, order, precedence, preference, prerogative, rank, right of way, seniority, superiority, supremacy, antecedence, crash project, greatest importance, preeminence, previousness, transcendence |
| Antonyms: | unimportance |
| Main Entry: | seniority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rank in organization due to length of service |
| Synonyms: | advantage, antiquity, precedence, preference, priority, rank, standing, station, superiority, eldership, ranking |
| Main Entry: | supremacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total domination |
| Synonyms: | absolute rule, ascendancy, authority, command, control, dominance, dominion, driver's seat, paramountcy, power, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, primacy, principality, sovereignty, superiority, supreme authority, sway, transcendence |
| Antonyms: | subservience |
| Main Entry: | upper hand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | major advantage |
| Synonyms: | advantage, authority, benefit, break, control, dominance, driver's seat, edge, favor, gain, help, improvement, lead, leg up, leverage, rule, superiority, supremacy, trump hand, whip hand |
| Main Entry: | victory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | win, success |
| Synonyms: | achievement, advantage, ascendancy, bull's-eye, clean sweep, conquest, control, defeat, defeating, destruction, dominion, feather in cap, gain, grand slam, hit, hole in one, killing*, laurels, mission accomplished, overthrow, prize, subjugation, superiority, supremacy, sweep, the gold, triumph, upper hand*, upset, winning |
| Antonyms: | defeat, failure, forfeit, loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ascendancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domination |
| Synonyms: | advantage, ascendency, authority, command, control, dominance, dominion, edge, influence, jump, predominance, prevalence, reign, rule, sovereignty, superiority, supremacy, sway, upper hand, leg up, mastery power, pre-eminence, prepotence, whip hand |
| Antonyms: | inferiority, subordination, weakness |
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