supreme court

noun

variants often Supreme Court

1

: the highest judicial tribunal in a political unit (such as a nation or state)

2

: a court of original jurisdiction in New York state subordinate to a final court of appeals

Examples of supreme court in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Still, the state supreme court opinion is not an affront to constitutional or democratic logic. —Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 15 May 2026

Hill has denied making most of the comments and trying to influence the jury, according to the state supreme court decision. —N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 15 May 2026

Still, the state supreme court opinion is not an affront to constitutional or democratic logic. —Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026

And the Virginia state supreme court actually overturned that Democratic-favoring map on those procedural grounds. —Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for supreme court

• abort
• airport
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort
• deport
• disport
• distort
• escort
• exhort

Kids Definition

supreme court

noun

: the highest court in a political unit (as the U.S. or one of its states)

Legal Definition

supreme court

noun

su·​preme court

1

: the highest court in a nation or state

specifically, capitalized S&C : the highest court in the judicial branch of the U.S. government that has original jurisdiction over controversies involving ambassadors or other ministers or consuls but whose main activity is as the court of last resort exercising appellate jurisdiction over cases involving federal law

2

capitalized S&C : a court of original jurisdiction in New York

Note: The court of last resort in New York is the Court of Appeals.