SUPER
What does "SUPER" mean?
Excellent or very good; also used informally as an intensifier meaning 'very'.
Meanings
- Very good, excellent, or first-rate. We had a super time at the party. informal
- Used informally to intensify an adjective; very, extremely. The instructions were super clear. informal
- A superintendent, especially the person responsible for maintaining an apartment building. Call the super; the radiator is leaking again. informal
- Short for 'superphosphate' fertilizer, or in film, a caption superimposed on the screen. The broadcast ran a super with the player's name. technical
Did you know?
- 'Super' as a word of its own is a leftover: it broke off the front of longer terms like 'superfine' and 'superintendent', then took on a life as both an intensifier and a noun.
Word origin
From Latin 'super', meaning above, over, or beyond; adopted into English as a standalone word from earlier prefixed forms like 'superfine' and 'superintendent'.
Remember it
SUPER is the Latin for 'above' - whatever you put it on rises over the ordinary.
A little poem
A tiny Latin word that means 'above'-
we stick it on the things we mean to love.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why is the building manager never modest? He's literally the super.
What it teaches
When everything is called super, the word stops lifting anything above the rest.
Quick facts
What does SUPER mean?
Excellent or very good; also used informally as an intensifier meaning 'very'.
Is SUPER a valid word?
Yes — SUPER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SUPER?
SUPER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does SUPER come from?
From Latin 'super', meaning above, over, or beyond; adopted into English as a standalone word from earlier prefixed forms like 'superfine' and 'superintendent'.
What can SUPER teach us?
When everything is called super, the word stops lifting anything above the rest.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.