adj
Meaning 1
First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- This champagne is superb.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
superb
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /suːˈpɜːb/
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Received-Pronunciation: /sjuːˈpɜːb/ conservative RP, rare
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British, Southern, Standard: /sʉwˈpəːb/
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General-American: /suˈpɝb/
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General-American: /səˈpɝb/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Scotland: /sʉˈpɛɾb/
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Wales: /sɪʊˈpøːb/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)b
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CMU ARPABET: S UH0 P ER1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a superb edifice; a superb colonnade
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Haughty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
surpassingly good
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a superb meal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
of surpassing excellence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a brilliant performance
- a superb actor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brilliant
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: изключителен (izključitelen) — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Bulgarian: превъзходен (prevǎzhoden) — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Bulgarian: великолепен (velikolepen) — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Catalan: soberg — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Czech: znamenitý — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Czech: vynikající — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Czech: jedinečný — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Dutch: eersteklas — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- French: superbe — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- German: großartig — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- German: superb — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Norman: supèrbe — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Polish: znakomity — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Portuguese: soberbo — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Portuguese: extraordinário — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Romanian: superb — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Romanian: excepțional — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Russian: отменный (otmennyj) — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Russian: отли́чный (otlíčnyj) — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Russian: великоле́пный (velikolépnyj) — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Russian: превосхо́дный (prevosxódnyj) — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Spanish: excepcional — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Spanish: excelente — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Spanish: magnífico — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Spanish: superbo (disused) — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Spanish: soberbio — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Swedish: storartad — of the highest quality; exceptionally good
- Volapük: süperik — of the highest quality; exceptionally good