SUPERORDINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superordinate mean? 

• SUPERORDINATE (noun)
  The noun SUPERORDINATE has 2 senses:

1. one of greater rank or station or quality

2. a word that is more generic than a given word

  Familiarity information: SUPERORDINATE used as a noun is rare.

• SUPERORDINATE (adjective)
  The adjective SUPERORDINATE has 1 sense:

1. of higher rank or status or value

  Familiarity information: SUPERORDINATE used as an adjective is very rare.

• SUPERORDINATE (verb)
  The verb SUPERORDINATE has 1 sense:

1. place in a superior order or rank

  Familiarity information: SUPERORDINATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERORDINATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of greater rank or station or quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

higher-up; superior; superordinate

Hypernyms ("superordinate" is a kind of...):

leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "superordinate"):

better (a superior person having claim to precedence)

god (a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people)

supervisor (one who supervises or has charge and direction of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A word that is more generic than a given word

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

hypernym; superordinate; superordinate word

Hypernyms ("superordinate" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

• SUPERORDINATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of higher rank or status or value

Similar:

superior (of or characteristic of high rank or importance)

• SUPERORDINATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they superordinate    ... he / she / it superordinates   
Past simple: superordinated   
Past participle: superordinated   
-ing form: superordinating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place in a superior order or rank

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

These two notions are superordinated to a third

Hypernyms (to "superordinate" is one way to...):

grade; order; place; range; rank; rate (assign a rank or rating to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something