super
super Lexical Profile
super Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Very good, pleasant, or excellent; wonderful (used chiefly in informal contexts).
"We had a super time exploring the historic coastal villages last weekend."
Of an unusually high grade, quality, size, or potency, exceeding standard commercial specifications.
"The hardware store carries a super adhesive designed to bond heavy metal surfaces."
• adverb
To a very high degree; extremely or exceptionally (used informally as an intensifier).
"The instructions for assembling the bookshelf were super easy to follow."
• interjection
Used as an informal exclamation to express enthusiastic approval, delight, or agreement.
"Super! That schedule works perfectly for everyone on the committee."
• noun
North American The superintendent or resident caretaker of an apartment building who is responsible for maintenance and repairs.
"We called the building's super to fix the leaking radiator in the living room."
Australian Superannuation; a regular payment made into a fund by an employee and employer toward a future retirement pension.
"She decided to contribute an extra percentage of her monthly salary into her super."
A supernumerary actor who appears in a non-speaking role, such as in a crowd scene in a play or opera.
"The opera company hired twenty local supers to fill the stage during the triumphal march."
A removable upper box or chamber placed on top of a beehive brood box for bees to store surplus honey.
"The beekeeper added an extra super to the hive at the height of the clover bloom."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Directly from Latin super, meaning 'above', 'over', or 'beyond', from the Proto-Indo-European root *uper- ('over'). Its informal use as a standalone adjective and adverb developed in the 19th and 20th centuries from compounds with the prefix super- and clipped forms of words like 'superfine' and 'superintendent'.