superlative
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
an exaggerated expression (usually of praise)
the critics lavished superlatives on it
Types & categories
- praise hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
highest in quality
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty
Types & categories
- stage hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the superlative form of an adjective or adverb
`fastest' is the superlative of the adjective `fast'
Types & categories
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | best |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | worst |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | mosta |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | leasta |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | mosta |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | fewesta |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | nearest |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | praise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | summit |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | superior |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | elevate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | peak |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | elevate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | top |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | top |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | meridian |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | superlative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stage |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | adjective |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | adverb |