Word Meanings - SUPERB - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade. 2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations. 3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition. Superb paradise bird , a bird of paradise having the

Additional info about word: SUPERB

1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade. 2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations. 3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition. Superb paradise bird , a bird of paradise having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green. -- Superb warber. See Blue wren, under Wren. -- Su*perb"ly, adv. -- Su*perb"ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SUPERB)

• Gorgeous
• Magnificent
• splendid
• costly
• rich
• superb
• grand
• strong
• Grand
• Large
• dignified
• imposing
• important
• eventful
• magnificent
• grandly
• majestic
• august
• exalted
• stately
• lofty
• elevated
• pompous
• gorgeous
• sublime
• Imperial
• Majestic
• royal
• supreme
• magnanimous
• noble
• Princely
• munificent
• regal

Related words: (words related to SUPERB)

• MAGNIFICENTLY
  In a Magnificent manner.
• SPLENDIDIOUS
  Splendid.
• IMPOSABLE
  Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond.
• GRANDEUR
  The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye.
• GORGEOUS
  Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent. Cloud-land, gorgeous land. Coleridge. Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. Shak. -- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n. (more info) luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff,
• GRANDEESHIP
  The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne.
• GRANDMA; GRANDMAMMA
  A grand mother.
• SUPREME
  Situated at the highest part or point. The Supreme, the Almighty; God. (more info) above, upper, fr. super above: cf. F. suprême. See Super-, and cf. 1. Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power. He that
• ROYALIZE
  to make royal. Shak.
• GRANDUNCLE
  father's or mother's uncle.
• REGALIAN
  Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives. Hallam.
• NOBLEWOMAN
  A female of noble rank; a peeress.
• IMPOSINGNESS
  The quality of being imposing.
• REGALIA
  1. That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: The rights and prerogatives of a king. Royal estates and revenues. Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty. 2. Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd
• STRONGYLOID
  Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n.
• IMPOSTRESS; IMPOSTRIX
  A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. Fuller.
• EXALTMENT
  Exaltation. Barrow.
• GRANDIFIC
  Making great. Bailey.
• NOBLE
  nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, 1. Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart. Statues,
• IMPOSTURAGE
  Imposture; cheating. Jer. Taylor.
• SUPERROYAL
  Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.
• MEDREGAL
  See 3
• GREAT-GRANDFATHER
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT
  The aggrandizement of one's self.
• HEADSTRONG
  1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden. 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy. Dryden. Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; unratable; stubborn;