supergroup

noun

su·​per·​group ˈsü-pər-ˌgrüp 

plural supergroups

1

a

: a group made up of very talented, renowned, or expert members

… a blog run by an international supergroup of academic linguists …

—Deb Amlen

especially : a musical group made up of established, prominent musicians

Phoebe Bridgers' latest effort is a supergroup called Boygenius with two other singer-songwriters, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus …

—Joe Hagan

[Jeff] Lynne was also a member of the supergroup Traveling Wilburys alongside George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison.

—Rachel DeSantis

Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young played their second gig at Woodstock, in front of nearly 500,000 people, announcing the arrival of one of rock's first—and greatest—supergroups.

—Charisma Madarang

b

: an extremely successful musical group

The oldest member of the K-pop supergroup BTS has completed five weeks of basic training as part of his mandatory military service in South Korea.

—Gawon Bae and Heather Chen

2

: a large group

This observation of a supergroup of ~1000 foraging fin whales is among the largest aggregations of baleen whales ever recorded.

—Conor Ryan et al.

also : a large group or entity made up of two or more groups or entities

Catching many Southern California hospitals by surprise, two large medical groups are merging, creating what one observer called a "medical supergroup."

—Steve Taravella

Examples of supergroup in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Broken Social Scene’s first new album in nine years, Remember the Humans, arrives in less than two months, and the Canadian supergroup have just shared another song from the project. —Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2026

Baumann is also part of a bona fide Texas music supergroup, the Panhandlers, alongside Flatland Cavalry’s Cleto Cordero, Josh Abbott, and William Clark Green. —Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2026

In March, Netflix goes all in on BTS, with two TV events featuring the Kpop supergroup. —Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026

The sober dousing of the Olympic flame was immediately followed by a seat-shaking DJ set from electronic music supergroup Major Lazer, which got much of the arena on their frozen feet. —Pien Huang, NPR, 22 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for supergroup

• intergroup
• intragroup
• multigroup
• semigroup
• serogroup
• coop
• coupe
• croup
• droop
• drupe
• dupe
• group