super
a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector • Syn: superintendent • Hypernyms: caretaker
1. of the highest quality (Freq. 3) - an ace reporter - a crack shot - a first-rate golfer - a super party - played top-notch tennis - an athlete in tiptop condition - she is absolutely tops • Syn: ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops • Similar to: superior • Usage Domain: colloquialism 2. including more than a specified category (Freq. 1) - a super experiment • Similar to: comprehensive 3. extremely large - another super skyscraper • Similar to: large, big
to an extreme degree (Freq. 2) - extremely cold - extremely unpleasant • Syn: extremely, exceedingly, passing • Derived from adjective: extreme (for: extremely)
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