superior

adjective

• 1higher in rank, status, or quality:a superior officer the new model is superior to every other car on the road
• of high standard or quality:superior malt whiskies
• greater in size or power:deploying superior force
• (superior to) above yielding to or being influenced by:I felt superior to any accusation of anti-Semitism

• 2having or showing an overly high opinion of oneself; conceited:that girl was frightfully superior

• 3(of a letter, figure, or symbol) written or printed above the line.

• 4chiefly Anatomy further above or out; higher in position.
• Botany (of the ovary of a flower) situated above the sepals and petals.

noun

• 1a person superior to another in rank or status, especially a colleague in a higher position:obeying their superiors' orders
• the head of a monastery or other religious institution.

• 2 Printing a superior letter, figure, or symbol.