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Thesaurus > Abstract relations > Quantity > Comparative quantity > Quantity by comparison with a similar object

33. Superiority (supremacy)

Nouns

• superiority, majority; greatness etc. S31; advantage; pull; preponderance, preponderation; vantage ground, prevalence, partiality; personal superiority; nobility etc. (rank) S875; Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares [Lat], nulli secundus [Lat], captain; crackajack * [obs3][U. S.].
• supremacy, preeminence; lead; maximum; record; <gr/trikumia/>[obs3], climax; culmination etc. (summit) S210; transcendence; ne plus ultra [Lat]; lion's share, Benjamin's mess; excess, surplus etc. (remainder) S40; (redundancy) S641.

Verbs

• be superior etc. adj.; exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance [obs3], outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip etc. S303; eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint; have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage; turn the scale, kick the beam; play first fiddle etc. (importance) S642; preponderate, predominate, prevail; precede, take precedence, come first; come to a head, culminate; beat etc. all others, bear the palm; break the record; take the cake * [U. S.]. become larger, render larger etc. (increase) S35, (expand) S194.

Adjectives

• superior, greater, major, higher; exceeding etc. v.; great etc. S31; distinguished, ultra [Lat]; vaulting; more than a match for.
• supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning; first-rate etc. (important) S642, (excellent) S648; unrivaled peerless, matchless; none such, second to none, sans pareil [Fr]; unparagoned [obs3], unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached [obs3], unsurpassed; superlative, inimitable facile princeps [Lat], incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus [Lat], ne plus ultra [Lat]; beyond compare, beyond comparison; culminating etc. (topmost) S210; transcendent, transcendental; plus royaliste que le Roi [Fr], more catholic than the Pope
• increased etc. (added to) S35; enlarged etc. (expanded) S194.

Adverbs

• beyond, more, over; over the mark, above the mark; above par; upwards of, in advance of; over and above; at the top of the scale, at its height.
• [in a superior or supreme degree] eminently, egregiously, preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the most, to crown all, <gr/kat exochin/gr>[Grl], par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still more.

Phrases

• "I shall not look upon his like again" [Hamlet]; deos fortioribus addesse [Lat][Tacitus].