superb
Syllables: su·perbUK/suːˈpɜːb/
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British/sʉwˈpəːb/
superb adjective: first-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
Adjective
superb (comparative superber, superlative superbest)
- First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
- This champagne is superb.
- Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as...1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
- a superb edifice; a superb colonnade
- Haughty.
- A remark which Isabella received with a superb curl of the lip, but at the same time, and to her brother's infinite relief, she walked away.1858, Julia Kavanagh, Adèle, a Tale: Volume 2, page 235
superb meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
superb in Hindi
- शानदार
superb in Tamil
- உயர்ந்த, சிறப்பான, மிக உயர்ந்த, மீச்சிறப்பான
superb in Urdu
- عالی
superb in Bengali
- চমত্কার, অতীব মহিমান্বিত, জাঁকাল
More languagesFewer languages
- superb in Malayalam
- മഹത്തായ, മഹിമയുളള, ദിവ്യമായ
- superb in Kannada
- ದಿವ್ಯ, ಉತ್ತಮ, ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ, ಬಲುಸೊಗಸಾದ
- superb in Gujarati
- શાનદાર
Examples of superb in a sentence
- He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards.1975 May 4, Dale Harris, “Merce Cunningham”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2024:
Synonyms of superb
Forms of superb
| comparative | superber |
|---|---|
| superlative | superbest |
Origin of superb
Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.
Words formed from superb
Phrases with superb
Words that rhyme with superb
Questions about superb
- What does superb mean?
- Superb means first-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
- What is superb in Hindi?
- Superb in Hindi is शानदार. See Superb meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use superb in a sentence?
- He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
- What part of speech is superb?
- Superb is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce superb?
- Superb is pronounced /suːˈpɜːb/ (UK).
Words near superb in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: superb (page history and authors); superb (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); superb (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); superb (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); superb (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); superb (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); superb (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); superb (Gujarati, 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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