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adj. Of higher rank, status, or value.

adj. Logic Of or being the relation of a universal proposition to a particular proposition in which the terms are the same and occur in the same order.

adj. Greater in degree, rank or position

adj. The relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the universal quantified variable replaced by a specific instance.

adj. hypernymic

n. That which is superordinate.

n. A hypernym.

v. To cause to be superordinate.

Related as a universal proposition to a particular one in the same terms.

In zoology, having the rank or value of a superorder; being above the rank of an order.

n. one of greater rank or station or quality

adj. of higher rank or status or value

v. place in a superior order or rank

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

"One thing the couples in these good marriages have in common is a vision of the marriage as a "superordinate" entity -- something that is separate from and larger than its two parts."

superior   

subordinate    hyponymic   

superordinates   

rank    rate    range    order    grade    place    word   

hypernym