superlative
/soo-PUR-luh-tiv/adjectiveof the highest quality or degree
“The kitchen turns simple produce into superlative plates.”
- Synonyms
- supreme, outstanding, peerless
- Antonyms
- mediocre, inferior
- Root
- super- (above)
- Memory hook
- super (above) + lative (carried): carried above all others.
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