Adjective superlative has 1 sense
- greatest, sterling, superlative - highest in quality
Antonym: inferior (indirect, via superior)
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Noun superlative has 3 senses
- superlative - an exaggerated expression (usually of praise); "the critics lavished superlatives on it"
--1 is a kind of praise, congratulations, kudos
- acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, top - the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"
--2 is a kind of degree, level, stage, point
- superlative - the superlative form of an adjective; "`best' is the superlative form of `good'"
--3 is a kind of adjective
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