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Definition: Super |
SuperAdjective1. (informal) of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops". 2. Including more than a specified category; "a super experiment". 3. Extremely large; "another super skyscraper". Adverb1. To an extreme degree; "the house was super clean for Mother's visit". Noun1. A caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "super" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | SUPER The successor to LOGLISP, based on LNF. ["New Generation Knowledge Processing: Final Report on the SUPER System", J Alan Robinson et al, CASE Center TR 8707, Syracuse U, 1987]. (1994-11-24). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Fine Arts | The term is still in use for soldiers, crowds, servants, who are essential to a play but have no lines to speak. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
First known as a prefix, meaning "above", "beyond", "on top", "besides", super- has a long history in the English language and has since evolved into a useful adjective and expletive as well.According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the use of super- evolved as follows:
- A certain number of important Latin compounds, chiefly verbs, belong to the classical period, but the great majority are of later date, and many are recorded first from Christian writing. As a living prefix in English super- first appears about the middle of the 15th c; it became frequent in Elizabethan times, and the 17th c it was very widely used. In more recent times, it has been extensively introduced into the nomenclature of chemistry and other sciences as a correlation to sub-.
In Australia and New Zealand, as well as in continental Europe, Super was the name for a number of years commonly given to leaded high octane petrol (gasoline). Originally the name denoted premium leaded petrol, as opposed to Standard, which was non-premium leaded petrol. However, with the introduction of unleaded petrol in the early 1980s, Standard petrol was discontinued, leaving only Super, which then became a synonym for leaded petrol in general. This continued until the late 1990s, when leaded petrol began to be eliminated in favour of various different blends of unleaded petrol contain special additives for use with leaded vehicles. The name of these blends varies from oil company to oil company.
In the United States, the word super is common shorthand for a building superintendent, an employee of the landlord who usually lives on-premises and handles minor repairs. The super may also accept deliveries for tenants, and represent the landlord to prospective renters. The word is also used for the superintendent of a dramatic production. In beekeeping, a super is a portion of the hive where honey is made but where there is no brood. The hydrogen bomb (see fusion nuclear weapons) was often called The Super by it developers. As an all-purpose adjective super was one of the characteristic words of "swinging London" in the 1960s and 1970s, replacing fab and gear from the early 60s, but its history in the language is much older.
George Bernard Shaw used the prefix in his play Man and Superman, as did Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in naming their comic star, Superman, who has given the prefix to the whole genre of superheroes.
Quotations
- "I'll be upon the wery best extra-super behavior." Sam Weller in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers (1850).
- "Doesn't almost everyone describe something mildly nice as 'super'?", The Sunday Times (1968).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Super."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
super | English | Superheterodyne | Electrical Engineering |
| SU | English | Super user | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SuperSynonyms: ace (adj), crack (adj), first-rate (adj), tiptop (adj), topnotch (adj), tops(p) (adj), extremely (adv), superintendent (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Continuance in action | Let be; stare super antiquas vias; quieta non movere; let things take their course; stare decisis. |
Impulse | Fall into a rut, fall into a custom; (conform to); tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten; stare super antiquas vias; move in a rut, run on in a groove, go round like a horse in a mill, go on in the old jog trot way. |
Inaction | Verb: not do, not act, not attempt; be inactive; abstain from doing, do nothing, hold, spare; not stir, not move, not lift a finger, not lift a foot, not lift a peg; fold one's arms, fold one's hands; leave alone, let alone; let be, let pass, let things take their course, let it have its way, let well alone, let well enough alone; quieta non movere; stare super antiquas vias; rest and be thankful, live and let live; lie rest upon one's oars; laisser aller, faire; stand aloof; refrain; (avoid) keep oneself from doing; remit one's efforts, relax one's efforts; desist; (relinquish); stop; (cease); pause; (be quiet). |
Money | Bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account; certificate of deposit, CD. |
Preservation | Stare super antiquas vias; hold one's own; hold one's ground, stand one's ground; (resist). |
The Drama | Actor, thespian, player; method actor; stage player, strolling player; stager, performer; mime, mimer; artists; comedian, tragedian; tragedienne, Roscius; star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol; supporting actor, supporting cast; ham, hamfatter; masker. pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine; punchinello; pulcinello, pulcinella; extra, bit-player, walk-on role, cameo appearance; mute, figurante, general utility; super, supernumerary. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Super |
| English words defined with "super": ace, A-one ♦ crack ♦ deliver ♦ extremely ♦ first-rate ♦ Supe, Superhive ♦ topnotch, tops. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "super": Baseball Coils ♦ comb capper ♦ Deep Blue ♦ Eurocard ♦ Gee-up!, Godzillagram ♦ head-of-hollow fill, HONEYCOMB DECAPPER ♦ negotiable order of withdrawal account ♦ Owen's jet dust counter ♦ PC CARP ♦ quadruple bucky ♦ S.S.S, Slot A, Socket 7, space-cadet keyboard, STD, subrefraction, Super 301, Super 7, Super NOW account, Super Pascal, super source quench, Super VGA, Super Video Graphics Adapter, Super Video Graphics Adaptor, Super Video Graphics Array, Super, Supers, SUPER_CARP, SVGA ♦ thousand-foot board measure, TIME-OF-USE ♦ Video Electronics Standards Association, Video Graphics Array ♦ x86 processor socket. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "super": surplice. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Super" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Esperanto (above, over), French (brilliant, crucial, four-star-petrol, great, premium, premium gasoline, terrific, that's great, wicked), German (four-star, four-star petrol, great, premium, premium gasoline, smashing, super), Italian (premium, premium gasoline), Latin (about, above, above /concerning, besides, beyond, concerning, during, furniture, in addition, in addition to, moreover, on, on top, over, overhead, remaining, sovereign, super, superannuated, supererogation, superintendent, supernatural, supervise, surplice, surplus, surround, upon, upstairs, upwards), Portuguese (super), Serbo-Croatian (super), Swedish (super-duper). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Here in the untainted cradle of the heavens will be created a new super race, a race of perfect physical specimens (Moonraker; writing credit: Christopher Wood) Hey, Goldmember! Hey, Goldmember! He's got a golden pad, he's super bad. Hey, Goldmember (Austin Powers in Goldmember; writing credit: Mike Myers) Hi Super Nintendo Chalmers (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Because that would be super. (Van Wilder; writing credit: Brent Goldberg; David Wagner) You know that! I mean, you don't need a motorcycle, you need the Super Chief (The Cannonball Run; writing credit: Brock Yates) | |
Lyrics | Super, dope, def, and even outrageous (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited) I DO A SUPER SHOW (Big Mess; performing artist: Devo) A super star (Instant Karma; performing artist: John Lennon) Well, I wonder what it's like to be a super hero (Real world; performing artist: Matchbox 20) Can you top the Super Bowl (#1; performing artist: Nelly) | |
Clever | A super saturated solution is one that holds more than it can hold. (references; author: unknown) There are three billion women who don't look like super models and only eight who do. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Invincible Super Chan (1972) The Super (1972) Prehistoric Super Salesman (1969) Super Plá (1969) The Super 6 (1966) | |
Song Titles | Theme from Super Skrull (performing artist: Ookla the Mok) SUPER FREAK (performing artist: Rick James ) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Slides of various advertisements including the Marlboro Man and Super Shade 30+. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Shows two individual shots of front of building 1 (Shannon Building). One shot is a close up of front showing pillars and some surrounding building. Another shot shows super close up of front door and pillars. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | McCulloch J-2 Aero Super Gyroplane. Credit: NASA. |  | Ice on the super structure of the NATHANIEL B. PALMER. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Edge of a brine pool, a super salty pond, populated by mussels at 800 meters. Bathymodiolus. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Products of twin-screw processing include fluid glycosides (1) for making rigid polyurethane foam blocks (2), starchencapsulated herbicide strands (3) that can be made into granules (4), semiflexible polyurethane foam with starch filler (5), cationic starch (6), and the famous superabsorbent starch, Super Slurper (7). P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
 | [Frontispiece to Tabula Super Tractatu De Herbis]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Sailor tightens an oil refueling coupling on board, circa 1919. The original caption reads: "Coaling ship holds no terrors for the gobs on the New Mexico as on our latest oil burning types of super dreadnaught all that is necessary is to connect the hose and turn on the valve.". Credit: NAVY. |
 | Architectural title page of Commentaria ... super anatomia mudini bordered in columns with scene of seated teacher lecturing as assistant dissects cadaver. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Molinas super scratch kings Popular dance music of the Indians of Southern Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Super Hockeyeur" by Michaël Claude Commentary: "Un hockeyeur suisse qui sera bientot hockeyeur NHL ! .. -> A swiss hockeyplayer soon hockeyplayer NHL !." | "Super saiyan" by Jesse Braun Commentary: "Gohan turned into a super saiyan." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption |
 | Great; aces; slang; dynamite; fantastic; good; marvelous; perfect; positive; super dupe; terrific; wonderful; cool. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
St. Robert Bellarmine | The Pope may act outside the law, above the law, and against the law. (Papa potest extra jus, super jus et contra jus.) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Business | Waigaoqiao will virtually double China’s capacity to build super tankers (VLCCs). The yard is slated for completion in 2003, despite recent start-up delays. (references) | |
China also needs special coatings such as new building coatings (super endurance coating), high-level automobile coatings, heavy preserving coatings, high-grade furniture coatings, and marine coatings. (references) | ||
Within the last couple of years, an extraordinary number of fashion shows have taken place in Buenos Aires and these shows have been attracting international super models and consequently heavy media coverage. (references) | ||
Economic History | Italy | The growth of hyper and super markets in the south is much slower. (references) |
France | The top five supermarket companies are Intermarché, Super U, Champion, Stoc and Shopi. (references) | |
The Bahamas | In addition, the opening of Breezes Super Club and Sandals Resort also aided this turnaround. (references) | |
Human Rights | South Africa | The Office of the National Director of Public Prosecutions (the so-called super Attorney General) exercises national control over prosecution policy and applies a consistent national policy for the prosecution of offenses. (references) |
Travel | Latvia | There are no super highways in Latvia. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | In such a world, the choice is not which super power will dominate the world. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We can make crystals of exceptional purity to produce super computers, creating jobs, technologies, and medical breakthroughs beyond anything we ever dreamed possible. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Super" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.84% of the time. "Super" is used about 1,551 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 96.84% | 1,502 | 5,420 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.12% | 33 | 60,273 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.97% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,551 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "super" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Super | Last name | 1,000 | 15,039 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| India | Super Syncotex (India) Limited | Japan | Aoki Super Company Limited |
| Malaysia | Super Enterprise Holdings Berhad | Singapore | Super Coffeemix Manufacturing Limited |
| South Africa | Super Group Limited | USA | Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "super": stare super antiquas vias ♦ super 7 ♦ Super Audio CD ♦ super frame ♦ super Pascal ♦ super power ♦ super powers ♦ super production ♦ super profit ♦ super sensitive ♦ super source quench ♦ super synchronization word ♦ super VGA ♦ super Video Graphics Adapter ♦ super Video Graphics Adaptor ♦ super video graphics array. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "super": super-absorbency, super-absorbent, super-abundance, super-abundant, super-abundantly, super-accurate, super-aco, super-added, super-agency, super-alert, super-apostles, super-archers, super-athlete, super-baby, Super-bagshaw, super-bantam, super-bantamweight, super-bed, super-beings, super-bid, super-bike, super-box, super-brat, super-budget, Super-bull, Super-bush, super-cafe, super-car, super-charged, super-cheap, super-chess, super-chianti, super-chilling, super-cinemas, super-city, super-cleaned, super-cliff, super-collider, super-colony, super-commentary, super-communications, super-companies, super-company, super-computer, super-computers, super-conciliatory, super-conditioners, super-confident, super-constituencies, super-constituency, super-continent, super-converse, super-cool, super-cop, super-cosmos, super-dad, super-delegates, super-deluxe, super-dense, super-depot, super-determinism, super-directional, super-discrete, super-divisions, super-dog, super-domestique, super-domestiques, super-dreadnoughts, super-duper, super-duper!, super-duty, super-dynamic, super-effective, super-efficiency, super-efficient, super-ego, super-egos, super-energetic, super-ensemble, super-executives, super-expensive, super-exploitation, super-family, super-fast, super-feather, super-featherweight, super-ferries, super-ferry, super-film, super-fit, super-fitness, super-forgiving, super-format, super-formats, super-freighters, super-friedmanism, super-fund, super-funky, super-g, super-gallows, super-game, super-gape, super-gel, super-giant, super-glue, super-glued, super-golf-course, super-good, super-government, super-grid, super-group, super-gs, super-gun, super-hairy, super-hawkish, super-healthy, super-heated, super-heavy, super-heavyweight, super-hero, super-heroes, super-high-end, super-highway, super-hip, super-human, super-humans, super-hyped, super-imposed, super-imposition, super-individual, super-industrialisers, super-inflation, super-insulated, super-intelligence, super-intelligent, super-irons, super-jag, super-jam, Super-janet, super-jug, Super-lars, super-league, super-length, super-levy, super-lice, super-licence, super-light, super-lightweight, super-limo, super-linear, super-liner, super-long, super-loud, super-lp, super-lucky, super-lunar, super-luxury, super-macho, super-magnets, super-male, super-manager, super-market, super-markets, super-masculinity, super-massive, super-mathematician, super-microcomputers, super-midddleweight, super-middle, super-middleweight, super-middlewight, Super-mim, super-mini, super-minicomputer, super-mini-computer, super-ministries, super-ministry, super-minutiae, super-mobile, super-model, super-monetarist, super-nationalistic, super-nintendo, super-normal, super-numerary, super-observant, super-offspring, super-optimistic, super-order, super-orders, super-ordinate, super-organism, super-parliament, super-party, super-patriotism, super-patriots, Super-pel, super-personal, super-persons, super-phase, Super-phenix, super-phosphate, super-pipelined, super-pit, super-position, super-power, super-powers, super-premium, super-prey, super-priorities, super-prix, super-productive, Super-professional, Super-pruf, super-psychic, super-quarries, super-quick, super-r, super-race, super-radiant, super-rats, super-real, super-realisms, super-realist, super-realistic, super-refined, super-regional, super-regionals, super-regulator, super-rich, super-ripe, super-rocket, super-route, super-sad, super-safe, super-saints, super-salesman, super-saleswoman, Super-sara, super-saturated, super-saturation, super-saver, super-scale, super-scientist, super-scrummy, super-secret, super-secretary, super-secure, super-seiner, super-selective, super-sensible, super-sensitive, super-sensitivity, super-seriously, super-servers, super-sexy, super-sharp, super-shows, Super-shuttle, super-shy, super-sixth-form, super-size, super-sleek, super-sleuth, super-slick, super-slug, super-smart, super-smooth, super-snap, super-soap, super-soft, super-solid, super-sophisticated, super-spacecraft, super-specimen, super-speed, Super-speedwing, super-spirituality, super-sprinter, super-sprinters, super-spy, super-stable, super-stadium, super-star, super-stardom, super-stare, super-state, super-states, super-stations, super-status, super-store, super-stores, super-streamlined, super-strong, super-structural, super-structure, super-structures, super-suave, super-sub, super-success, super-sweet, super-talented, super-tanker, super-tankers, super-tax, super-taxed, super-taxing, super-technology, super-territory, super-thin, super-tidiness, Super-tigre, super-track, super-trebles, super-trots, Super-tsar, super-twisted, super-tyrant, super-tyrants, super-union, super-vhs, super-villain, super-virile, super-vision, super-vote, super-wealth, super-weapons, super-weird, super-wide, super-wife, super-woolly, super-yacht, Super-zen, Super-zeppelins. | |
Ending with "super": kolestral-super. | |
Containing "super": Weston-super-mare. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
super 8 motel | 5,122 | super smash bros melee | 835 |
super 8 | 4,463 | super affiliate | 822 |
super lotto | 2,583 | lotto super 7 | 807 |
super nintendo rom | 2,320 | super nintendo rom download | 717 |
super mario | 2,272 | super soaker | 706 |
super nintendo | 2,151 | super lotto plus | 696 |
california super lotto | 1,519 | super mario bros | 666 |
super 7 | 1,484 | super mario world | 665 |
super hero | 1,273 | super mario sunshine | 655 |
super collapse | 1,196 | super taboo | 653 |
super bowl | 1,093 | super mario brother | 626 |
super 8 hotel | 1,080 | emuladores de super nintendo | 612 |
super | 1,064 | super mario rpg | 563 |
super nintendo emulator | 1,046 | super smash bros | 563 |
super shuttle | 965 | super trooper | 555 |
child super model | 961 | super mario 64 | 539 |
super nintendo cheat | 911 | super page | 504 |
super car | 908 | super smash brother melee | 501 |
cheat super | 866 | super hero hype | 500 |
juegos de super nintendo | 844 | super metroid | 480 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "super"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | deurpad (motor road, motorway, super highway, turnpike). (various references) | |
Albanian | i cilësisë së lartë (extra, first class, prestige, prestigious), figurant (supernumerary). (various references) | |
Arabic | مفتش الشرطة (commissioner), مفرط (exaggerated, excess, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, frightful, immoderate, intemperate, intolerable, overabundant, overmuch, overweening, superabundant, superfluous, superlative, too much, unconscionable, undue, unqualified, unreasonable, unrestrained), ممتاز (admirable, banner, best, bonny, boss, brave, choice, clipping, cool, dandy, deluxe, distingue, distinguished, ducky, elegant, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, extra, famous, fancy, fine, first class, first rate, first-string, mighty, noble, of first degree, outstanding, premium, prime, select, splendid, star, stellar, superb, superior, swell, thoroughbred, thumbs up, tiptop, top notch, vintage, wizard), مغالي فيه (superlative), نوع ممتاز, نابغة, قماش قطني (cotton), عبقري, أعلى (above, chief, maximal, maximum, paramount, superior, supreme, terminal, top, topmost, upmost, upper, uttermost), أعظم (greater, paramount, utmost, uttermost), رهيب (bloodcurdling, bloody, chilly, dire, dreadful, fearful, fierce, grisly, gruesome, hairy, holy, horrible, horrific, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, nightmarish, redoubtable, smashing, terrible, wretched), رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, outstanding, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, singular, smash, smashing, solid, some, spanking, sparkling, splendid, stunning, stupendous, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), بتفوق (summa cum laude), ببهاء. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | огромен (enormous, formidable, gargantuan, giantlike, herculean, howling, huge, mammoth, mighty, monumental, mountainous, oceanic, oversize, planetary, portentous, prodigious, slashing, terrible, terrific, thumping, thundering, tremendous, unwieldy, vast, walloping, whacking, whaling, whopping), изключителен (especial, exceptional, exceptive, exclusive, extraordinary, inimitable, one in a thousand, phenomenal, rare, rousing, signal, superior, surpassing, unaverage, uncommon, unexampled, unique, unusual, vintage), изключително добър, изключително храбър, изключително умен, поразителен (amazing, astounding, electric, overwhelming, snorting, spanking, striking), превъзходен (capital, egregious, excellent, incompatible, nailing, pre eminent, rare, superb, superlative, swell, tiptop, top-hole, topping, transcendent, wizard), продукт от най-високо качество, екстра качество, излишен човек, нежелан човек (undesirable), суперпродукция, от най-високо качество (superfine), великолепен (champion, colossal, glorious, gorgeous, grand, immense, imperial, magnificent, palatial, pompous, princely, royal, smashing, splashing, splendid, superb, wonderful), квадратен (foursquare, quadrate, quadratic, superficial), тъкан от най-високо качество, чудесен (admirable, beautiful, champion, clipping, cool, corking, delicious, elegant, excellent, fabulous, famous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, great, heavenly, hot, immense, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, neat, nifty, noble, priceless, rattling, regular, ripping, scrumptious, smashing, spanking, splendid, terrific, thundering, topping, walloping, wizard, wonderful), управител (administrator, director, governor, intendant, manager, reeve, ruler, steward, superintendent, warden), статист (extra, mute, supernumerary, walk on, walking gentleman), супер, надзирател (conservator, gaffer, house-father, inspector, manager, overseer, peeper, prison guard, straw boss, superintendent, supervisor, task master, warden, warder). (various references) | |
Chinese | 超级 (Super-), 超級 . (various references) | |
Czech | superintendent, nadbyteèné zboží. (various references) | |
Danish | honningmagasin (honey body). (various references) | |
Dutch | honingzolder (honey body), honingkamer (honey body). (various references) | |
Esperanto | aŭtoŝoseego (motorway, super highway, turnpike). (various references) | |
Farsi | پیشوندمربوطببالا-واقع درنوک چیزی , مافوق- ارجح- بیشتروابر, عالی (Beautiful, Brave, Capital, Excellent, Exquisite, Famous, Fine, Gallant, High, Immense, Knockout, Lofty, Much, Palmary, Remarkable, Ripping, Spiffy, Splendid, Superb, Superlative, Supreme, Swank, Unrivaled), خوب (Fine, Good, Nice, Okay, Pretty, Well), بسیارخوب (Excellent, Immense, Okay, Superb, Well), بزرگ اندازه , بالاءی- فوق- برتر. (various references) | |
Finnish | hunajaosasto (honey body). (various references) | |
French | formidable. (various references) | |
German | Superheterodynempfänger (superheterodyne), Superhet (superheterodyne), super-, super (four-star, four-star petrol, great, premium, premium gasoline, smashing), statist (bit-player, cipher, dummy, extra, supernumerary, supporting actor, walk on), todschick (classy, dead smart, posh, poshly), prima (bang up, beautiful, bully, Dandy, fantastic, fine, first class, goody, great, heavy, jim-dandy, likely, neat, swell, that's good, topflight, topnotch, top-quality, tremendous, wizard, yummy), Honigraum (honey body), über-. (various references) | |
Greek | έξοχοσ (Dandy, eminent, excellent, fine, high, peachy, splendid, splendiferous, sterling, swell, tops, worthy), σούπερ, μελιτοθάλαμος (honey body), χάρμα (glorious, smashing), επιστάτησ κτίριου (janitor). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מאוד (extremely, greatly, highly, much, quite, so, sorely, stiff, surpassingly, very). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szuper (boss, sniffy, top notch). (various references) | |
Indonesian | perkasa (powerful, strong, sturdy), hebat (excellent, fabulous, formidable, intense, killing, severe, spectacular, swell, vehement), asoi (hot, passionate, wonderful). (various references) | |
Italian | ottimo (excellent, first rate, great, optimal, optimum, very well), melario (honey body), favolosamente (fabulously, wonderful), eccellente (bang up, capital, champion, choice, crack, excellent, fine, first rate, gradely, hunky-dory, royal, slap up, superb, top notch), di prim'ordine (gilt-edged, top class), arnia (beehive, hive). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 超弩級 (superdreadnought), ジョセフソン素子 (a stein, a tankard, amug, bit by bit, cardigan, dilemma, dilettante, dish with mutton and vegetables, Genghis Khan, gin, gin fizz, ginger, ginger ale, giraffe, jin, jingoism, jinx, jitterbug, job, job enlargement, job enrichment, job menu, job rotation, job title, jobhopper, jockey, jodhpurs, John, John Bull, John Travolta, Josephson device, riding breeches, suit, suitcase, super high decker, super Schottky diode, super size wide screen, super woofer, supercar, supercharger, supercomputer, superhighway, superimpose, superjet, supermarket, supermarket chain, supernova, super-size, supersonic, superstar, superstation, superstore, supertanker, superviser, supervisor, superwoman, synthesis, vest, waistcoat, Zimbabwe, Zinjanthropus, zirconium). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | スーパー (supermarket), スーパ , ちょうどきゅう (superdreadnought). (various references) | |
Korean | 최고 (Awesome, Super-, supreme, top-level). (various references) | |
Manx | mie er bashtal (divine, excellent, first class, superb), far- (fake, fresh, mock, prefix pseudo-, pseudo-). (various references) | |
Norwegian | autobane (motor road, motorway, super highway, turnpike). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | upersay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | supra, super, sobre (about, above, across, at par, atop, of, on, on top of, over, over-, to, up, upon), quadrado (four-square, pane, quadrate, quadratic, square), formidável (clinking, formidable, redoubtable, redoubted, ripping, scrumptious, slashing, sledge-hammer, smashing, snorting, spanking, stupendous, terrific, tremendous), extremamente patriota, extranumerário, excelente (accomplished, champion, choice, classic, classical, crack-a-jack, distinctive, excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, golden, good, great, magnificent, palmary, splendiferous, standout, superior, tiptop, top-hole, topping, undeniable), de super, de qualidade superior (superfine), armazém de mel (honey body), alça de colmeia (honey body). (various references) | |
Romanian | persoanã de prisos, marfã de primã calitate, figurant (cipher, dummy, extra, mute, supernumerary), extra (Extrafine, out of the common run), de suprafaţã (ostensible), de prima calitate (Ace, classy, tiptop), angajat (employed, employee, engaged, foul, hireling, in place). (various references) | |
Russian | супер супер, супер, первоклассный (bang-up, capital, champion, classy, first class, first rate, first-rate, gilt-edged, hunky-dory, lummy, pucka, pukka, splendid, sterling, tiptop, top flight, topflight, top-flight, top-hole, top-line, topnotch, top-notch, top-quality). (various references) | |
Scottish | for- (super-). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | super, izvanredan (extraordinary, masterly, nifty, outstanding, raving, remarkable, spanking, superb, terrific, whacking). (various references) | |
Spanish | súper (high-grade petrol, radical), guay (hunky-dory, radical), fabuloso (fabled, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, untold, wonderful), estupendo (admirable, amazing, Dandy, divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, first rate, grand, great, heavenly, hotstuff, jenny ass, marvellous, marvelous, neat, rare, rattling, ripping, socko, stunning, stupendous, super-duper, surprising, swell, terrific, wonderful, yippee), bárbaro (barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, cruel, fantastic, fantastical, gouache, grand, great, heathen, ripping, smashing), alza (bulge, increase, peep sight, raise, rise, upswing), almacén (depot, grocers, grocer's shop, grocery, magazine, repository, shed, shop, store, storehouse, warehouse). (various references) | |
Swedish | skattlåda (honey body), toppen (agreed, big deal, cool, corking, crazy, heavy, hot, jim-dandy, keen), jättebra (cool, crazy, fab, famous, immense, jim-dandy, neat, swell, top-hole, yippee), fantastisk (almighty, awe inspiring, awesome, big deal, breathtaking, cracking, divine, fab, fabulous, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, fantastical, far out, incredible, jolly, lovely, magnificent, perfect, raving, smashing, stunning, tall, terrific, tremendous, whimsical, wild-eyed, wizard, wonderful). (various references) | |
Thai | เกินปกติ, สิ่งที่มีคุณภาพสูงกว่า. (various references) | |
Turkish | süper (classy, gee-whiz, some, topping), sesüstü yinelenimli alıcı (superhet, superheterodyne), gözetmen (observer, overseer, supervisor), aşırı (acute, beastly, beyond, breakneck, camp, confoundedly, cruelly, crusted, damned, dead, deep, desperate, desperately, devilish, disproportionate, every other day, exaggerated, exceeding, excessive, excessively, exorbitant, exquisite, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, extremely, fancy, ferocious, filthy, fond, fulsome, hard, heavy, hell, hell of, high, horrendous, horrific, hyper-, immoderate, inordinate, intense, intensive, like hell, like sin, outrageous, over, overweening, precious, shocking, splitting, steep, terribly, thick, ultra, unbounded, unco, unconscionable, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, violent), başkomiser (captain, superintendent), bina sorumlusu (janitor, superintendent), birici sınıf mal, birinci sınıf (banner class, best, classic, commanding, first chop, first class, first rate, hunky-dory, in style, jammy, of the first water, pucka, pukka, slap up, tiptop, top drawer, topflight, topping, tops, wire-wove), denetmen (controller, inspector, overseer, superintendent, supervisor), fazlalık (bulge, de trop, excess, excrescence, glut, margin, more, overage, overbalance, overplus, oversupply, plus, residuary, superfluities, superfluity, supernumerary, surplus, surplusage), üstün (above, ascendant, ascendent, atop, atop of, choice, distingue, excellent, extra, golden, high, hyper-, over, predominant, pre-eminencent, preponderant, super-, super-duty, superior, supra-, transcendent, unsurpassed, up), figüranlık yapmak, ihtiyaç fazlası kimse, kaliteli şey, kapıcı (care-taker, commissionaire, custodian, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, janitor, porter, superintendent, usher), kontrolör (checker, comptroller, controller, inspector, superintendent), mükemmel (accomplished, all around, alpha plus, ambrosial, bang up, banner, beyond praise, bully, capital, champion, classic, classical, classy, commanding, complete, consummate, cool, copybook, Dandy, dreamy, elegant, excellent, famous, famously, faultless, fine, finished, first class, great, immense, jolly good, no mean, par excellence, perfect, ripping, scrumptious, slap up, smashing, smooth, solid, sovereign, spiffing, spiffy, splendid, splendiferous, superb, superlative, that takes the cake, the dandy, thorough, thoroughgoing, tiptop, to a turn, to the nines, topping, triumphant, unique), polis şefi (provost marshal, superintendent), figüran (extra, figurant, figurante, supernumerary, walk on, walker on, walking gentleman, walking lady). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | статист (figurant, mute, supernumerary, walk on), витончений (airy, attic, bijou, choice, curious, dainty, delicate, elegant, fastidious, fine, lepid, nice, rarefied, refined, slender, slinky, subtile, subtle, twee, zing), надто (extreme, extremely, most, overly, overmuch, too), зайва людина, перешокласний товар, перешокласний (gilt-edged, screaming), дуже (anxiously, awfully, bang, bitter, bloody, clinking, curiously, deep, enormously, exceedingly, frightfully, full, gey, greatly, hard, heaps, highly, hugely, immensely, in great measure, jolly, mightily, mighty, miles, much, nervously, notably, particularly, passing, precious, purely, real, really, shocking, some, strong, thumping, too, very, very much, violently, well, widely). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người không quan trọng người giám thị, chiến (bang-up, bonzer, elegant, famous, famously, hunky-dory, magnificent, slap-up, smashing, solid, spanking). (various references) | |
Welsh | gor- (over-, super-). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | super. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 15, Verse 35 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ekeleusen toiV ocloiV anapesein epi thn ghn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et praecepit turbae ut discumberet super terram |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ænd he be-bead þa. þæt syo manigeosæte ofer þare eorðan. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he comaundide to the puple, to sitte to mete on the erthe. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he comaunded ye people to syt doune on ye grounde: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he commanded the multitude to sit on the ground. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 15, Verse 35 |
| Cebuano | Ug iyang gisugo ang panon sa katawhan sa pagpanglingkod sa yuta. |
| Chinese | 他 就 吩 咐 眾 人 坐 在 地 上 。 |
| Croatian | Nato zapovjedi mnoštvu da posjeda po zemlji, |
| Danish | Og han bød Skaren at sætte sig ned på Jorden |
| Dutch | En Hij gebood den scharen neder te zitten op de aarde. |
| Finnish | Niin hän käski kansan asettua maahan. |
| French | Alors il fit asseoir la foule par terre, |
| German | Und er hieß das Volk sich lagern auf die Erde |
| Haitian Creole | Lè sa a, Jezi fè foul moun yo chita atè. |
| Hungarian | És parancsolá a sokaságnak, hogy telepedjenek le a földön. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Maka Yesus menyuruh orang banyak itu duduk di atas tanah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka disuruh-Nya orang banyak itu duduk di tanah; |
| Italian | Dopo aver ordinato alla folla di sedersi per terra, |
| Manx Gaelic | As doardee eh da'n pobble dy hoie er y thalloo. |
| Maori | Na ka mea ia ki te mano kia noho ki te whenua; |
| Norwegian | Da bød han folket sette sig ned på jorden, |
| Portuguese | E tendo ele ordenado ao povo que se sentasse no chão, |
| Rumanian | Atunci Isus a poruncit norodului sq wadq pe pqmknt. |
| Russian | фПЗДБ ЧЕМЕМ ОБТПДХ ЧПЪМЕЮШ ОБ ЪЕНМА. |
| Shuar | Nuyá aents Nunká pujusarti tusa akupkamiayi. |
| Swahili | Basi, Yesu akawaamuru watu wakae chini. |
| Swedish | Då tillsade han folket att lägra sig på marken. |
| Uma | Ngkai ree nahubui-ramo tauna to wori' mohura hi tana'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "super": superable, superableness, superablenesses, superably, superabound, superabounded, superabounding, superabounds, superabsorbent, superabsorbents, superabundance, superabundances, superabundant, superabundantly, superachiever, superachievers, superactivities, superactivity, superadd, superadded, superadding, superaddition, superadditions, superadds, superadministrator, superadministrators, superagencies, superagency, superagent, superagents, superalloy, superalloys, superaltern, superalterns, superambitious, superannuate, superannuated, superannuates, superannuating, superannuation, superannuations, superathlete, superathletes, superb, superbad, superbank, superbanks, superber, superbest, superbillionaire, superbillionaires. (additional references) | |
Words containing "super": insuperable, insuperably, nonsuperimposable, nonsupervisory, unsupervised. (additional references) | |
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"Super" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Nuper, saper, sepre, Septr, sipher, soaper, soxer, spuere, spure, stuper, suber, suep, suger, suner, supea, suped, supen, supera, superf, superl, Superoo, supes, supi, supr, supu, supup, surpr, suspe, suter, zeper, zuberi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "super" (pronounced suw"per) |
| 3 | -uw" p er | duper, blooper, Cooper, grouper, Hooper, looper, Scooper, stupor, trooper. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: purse, sprue. | |
| Words within the letters "e-p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: pure, purs, reps, rues, ruse, spue, spur, suer, supe, sure, user. | |
-2 letters: ers, per, pes, pur, pus, rep, res, rue, ser, sue, sup, ups, use. | |
-3 letters: er, es, pe, re, up, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-p-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: drupes, dupers, erupts, pareus, pauser, perdus, peruse, poseur, prudes, prunes, pulers, pulser, purees, purest, purges, pursed, purser, purses, pursue, pusher, rupees, spruce, sprues, spurge, superb, supers, supper, uppers, uprise, uprose. | |
+2 letters: apercus, aruspex, bumpers, croupes, cuppers, dumpers, euripus, gulpers, jumpers, leprous, lumpers, mumpers, oversup, parures, pasture, paupers, pausers, pelorus, percuss, perdues, perfuse, perukes, perusal, perused, peruser, peruses, petrous, pleuras, plusher, poseurs, posture, pourers, pouters, precuts, predusk, presume, prevues, profuse, proteus, pruners, puckers, puffers, pugrees, pullers, pulpers, pulsers, pumpers, punkers, punners, punster, punters, purfles, purgers, purines, purples, purpose, pursers, pursier, pursued, pursuer, pursues, purveys, pushers, pushier, pussier, putters, recoups, repours, repugns, repulse, repumps, reputes, rumples, scauper, screwup, scruple, scupper, slurped, soupier, splurge, sporule, spouter, spruced, sprucer, spruces, spudder, spumier, spurges, spurned, spurner, spurred, spurrer, spurrey, spurted, spurtle, sputter, stumper, sumpter, supered, suppers, suppler, supreme, supremo, suspire, troupes, umpires, upbears, updries, uphroes, upraise, uprates, uprears, uprisen, upriser, uprises, uprouse, upstare, upsurge, uptears, usurped, usurper, yaupers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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