First Known Use: 1842
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1super
adjective su·per \ˈsü-pər\
: extremely good
Full Definition of SUPER
1
a : of high grade or quality b —used as a generalized term of approval <a super cook>
2
: very large or powerful <a super atomic bomb>
3
: exhibiting the characteristics of its type to an extreme or excessive degree <super secrecy>
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Origin of SUPER
super-
Related to SUPER
- Synonyms
- astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, grand, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), leviathan, mammoth, massive, mega, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, oceanic, pharaonic, planetary, prodigious, huge, super-duper, supersize, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping
- Antonyms
- bantam, bitty, diminutive, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little bitty, micro, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), midget, miniature, minuscule, minute, pocket, pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee
2super
noun
Definition of SUPER
1
[by shortening] a : supernumerary; especially : a supernumerary actor b : superintendent, supervisor; especially : the superintendent of an apartment building
2
[short for obsolete superhive] : a removable upper story of a beehive
3
[1super] : a superfine grade or extra large size
4
[origin unknown] : a thin loosely woven open-meshed starched cotton fabric used especially for reinforcing books
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First Known Use of SUPER
1838
3super
adverb
: very or extremely
Full Definition of SUPER
2
: to an excessive degree
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Origin of SUPER
super-
First Known Use: 1946
Related to SUPER
- Synonyms
- achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, very, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
- Antonyms
- little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
SUPER Defined for Kids
super
adjective su·per \ˈsü-pər\
Definition of SUPER for Kids
1
: very great <super strength>
2
: very good <Mrs. Haver said we did a super job. — Judy Blume, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing>
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