superb

B2
US /suˈpɝb/ UK /sjuːˈpɜːb/
adj Freq #7665

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    surpassingly good

    a superb meal

  2. 2
    adj

    First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.

    This champagne is superb.

  3. 3
    adj

    Grand; magnificent; august; stately.

    a superb edifice;  a superb colonnade

  4. 4
    adj

    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.

  5. 5
    adj

    of surpassing excellence

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
5 adj · of surpassing excellence brilliant
More excellentsuperlativeworld-beating
Word family
Derived forms superblysuperbness

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