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sup.

sup. is the abbreviation of superior.

sup. is the abbreviation of superlative.

Meaning of superior

Adjective

superior (comparative more superior, superlative most superior)

  1. Higher in rank, status, or quality.
    • Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.
    1. Of high standard or quality.
      • She always treated (her husband) as a boy, which he was, and as a fool, which he was not, thinking herself so immeasurably superior to him that she neglected opportunity after opportunity of establishing her rule.1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 3
    2. Greater in size or power.
    3. (superior to) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
      • There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy […]than a brave man superior to his sufferings.1711 December 11 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, December 1, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 237; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a...
    4. Greater or better than average.
  2. Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).

See all 32 meanings of superior

Meaning of superlative

Adjective

superlative (not comparable)

  1. (literally) Having the power to carry something or someone above, over or beyond others.
  2. (figuratively) Exceptionally good; of the highest quality.
    • The Governor-General was entertaining at a civil banquet in the evening. He is reported as having made a “superlative speech, congratulating the Victorians on their loyalty; […].”1894, Alexander Begg, History of British Columbia, page 509
  3. Of or relating to the superlative degree (a degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs).

See all 6 meanings of superlative

Adjective capitalized: Sup.

Sup.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of supreme.

Words formed from sup.

Questions about sup.

What is sup. the abbreviation of?
Sup. is the abbreviation of superior.
What part of speech is sup.?
Sup. is an adjective.

Words near sup. in the dictionary

  1. sup
  2. sup kambing
  3. sup squark
  4. sup squarks
  5. sup tulang
  6. sup.
  7. Sup. Ct.
  8. supa
  9. Supan
  10. Supanecan
  11. Supang

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sup. (page history and authors); Sup. (page history and authors); superior (page history and authors); superlative (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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