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super

Syllables: su·per/ˈsuːpə/

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British/ˈsʉwpə/

super adjective: of excellent quality, superfine. Also the clipping of superannuation.

Adjective

super (not comparable)

  1. Of excellent quality, superfine.
  2. Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.
    Synonyms:
    awesome, excellent

Adverb

super (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).
    • The party was super awesome.
    • The job is super interesting for a person who enjoys a hardware environment and communicating with people.1992 March 14, The Canberra Times, page 9, column 2
  2. (colloquial) Absolutely; utterly.
    • I super don't care about that.

Noun

super (plural supers)

  1. (colloquial) A superimposed caption or image.
    • Supers are superimposed words that run across the TV screen and provide information such as the names of interview subjects. The newsroom sends a printed list of these supers to Perry.2009, James Robert Parish, Jim Henson, page 114
  2. (colloquial, obsolete, thieves slang) A watch (timepiece).
    • The "super" or watch is passed to a stall, who hurries away, while the "dip" continues on the car. No sign of recognition passes between the members of the mob when at work.1909, Ignatz Leo Nascher, The Wretches of Povertyville: A Sociological Study of the Bowery, page 204
    • Once the "super,” or watch, was in his hand, Tony would swiftly pass it to Carlo.2016, Deborah Hopkinson, A Bandit's Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket, page 86

Proper noun capitalized: Super

Super

  1. In any of various contexts, a specifically named instance of a super, such as a particular superintendent, supervisor, or super-weapon.
    • You better call the Super if you want your repairs done [the specific superintendent in the implicit context of a specific apartment building; parallel with "President" versus "president"]
    • Teller and Oppenheimer discussing the feasibility of the Super [super atomic bomb, i.e., as later known, the hydrogen bomb]

Also used as

super is also the clipping of superannuation.

super is also the clipping of supercomputer.

super is also the clipping of superhero.

super is also the clipping of superhive.

super is also the clipping of superintendent.

super is also the clipping of supernaturalist.

super meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

super in Hindi

सुपर

super in Tamil

better than usual
சூப்பர் cūppar

super in Marathi

सुपर

super in Urdu

سپر, سپر کرنا
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super in Bengali
সুপার, সুপারে
super in Telugu
సూపర్, సూపర్ గా
super in Malayalam
മികച്ച mikacca, തകർപ്പൻ takaṟppaṉ
super in Kannada
ಸೂಪರ್
super in Punjabi
ਸੁਪਰ, ਸੁਪਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
super in Gujarati
સુપર
super in Odia
ସୁପର, ସୁପର୍
super in Nepali
सुपर, सुपर गर्न
super in Indonesian
amat
super in Vietnamese
siêu

Examples of super in a sentence

  • I expected him to be super boring but he was actually borderline funny!
  • “Your new computer is super expensive!” “Yeah, but it rocks! ’Nuff said!”
  • Super Bomberman R was a launch title on the Switch.

All 40 example sentences with super

Synonyms of super

Forms of super

Noun
pluralsupers
Verb
third-person singular presentsupers
present participlesupering
past participlesupered
pastsupered

Origin of super

From super- (prefix), from Middle English super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”). Doublet of over and hyper.

Abbreviation by shortening.

Proper name capitalized from ellided forms with super and super-.

Words formed from super

Phrases with super

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Words that rhyme with super

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Questions about super

What does super mean?
Super means of excellent quality, superfine.
What is super in Hindi?
Super in Hindi is सुपर. See Super meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is super?
Super can be an adjective, an adverb, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce super?
Super is pronounced /ˈsuːpə/ (UK).

Words near super in the dictionary

  1. supchgr.
  2. supe
  3. supe up
  4. suped up
  5. suped-up
  6. super
  7. Super 8
  8. super app
  9. super apps
  10. super ASBO
  11. super ASBOs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: super (page history and authors); Super (page history and authors); super (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); super (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); super (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); super (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); super (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); super (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); super (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); super (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); super (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); super (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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