(informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).

(Australia, New Zealand, informal) Short for superannuation. / Short for supercomputer. / (comics, slang) Short for superhero. / (beekeeping) Short for superhive.

(beekeeping) Short for superhive. / (television) Short for superimpose.

In excess of what is required or sufficient.

(chiefly philosophy) An imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; an übermensch, an overman. / A person of extraordinary or seemingly superhuman powers.

Of high standard or quality. / Greater in size or power. / (superior to) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by. / Greater or better than average.

The senior person in a monastic community. / The head of certain religious institutions and colleges. / (printing) A superior letter, figure, or symbol.

The state of being superior. / (Scotland, law, historical) The right which the superior enjoys in the land held by the vassal.

Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.

(astronomy) The explosion of a star, which increases its absolute magnitude to typically a billion times that of our sun. Some leave only debris, while others fade to invisibility as neutron stars or black holes.