SUPERIOR

(BETTER) [adjective] [not gradable] - better than average or better than other people or things of the same typeThis is clearly the work of a superior artist.They are people of superior taste.We chose her for the job because she was the superior candidate.The rebels were no match for the government troops with their vastly superior weapons.Manufacturing companies spend millions of pounds trying to convince customers that their products are superior to those of other companies.For all babies, breastfeeding is far superior to bottlefeeding.It makes her very angry when he says that men are intrinsically superior to women.Compare inferior.(disapproving) Someone who is superior or who behaves in a superior way is also someone who believes that they are better than other people.I can't bear Louise - she's so superior.Leonard's superior manner offended people almost immediately.She gave a superior smile.The demonstrators were superior in numbers (= There were more of them), but the police were superior in strength (= they had greater strength).