The noun superior has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) superior, higher-up, superordinate -- (one of greater rank or station or quality)
2. (1) superior -- (the head of a religious community)
3. victor, master, superior -- (a combatant who is able to defeat rivals)
4. Lake Superior, Superior -- (the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes)
5. Superior -- (a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth)
6. superscript, superior -- (a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character)
Overview of adj superior
The adj superior has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (16) superior -- (of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students")
2. (4) superior -- (of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior officer")
3. (1) superior -- ((sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law")
4. superscript, superior -- (written or printed above and to one side of another character)
5. superior -- (having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit; "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets")
7. superior -- ((often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by; "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades")