SUPERIORS Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

superiors

noun

plural of superior

as in bosses

one who is above another in rank, station, or office if a customer is rude to you, report it to your superior and she'll handle it

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Recent Examples of superiors Brown’s team submitted an affidavit to superiors at the DOJ that did not make a strong enough case to move forward with what Olsen wanted. —

ProPublica, 1 May 2026 Lower-ranking officers were able to tell their superiors what wasn’t going well and argue forcefully for changing course. —

Cody Turner, The Conversation, 1 May 2026 Though young missing-persons detective Dalia (May Calamawy) is earnest in her attempts to help, her superiors cast suspicion on Katie’s parents; eight years later, the girl is still missing, while the family has relocated to New Mexico. —

Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026 Xi was trusted to hear his superiors discuss such state secrets. —

Michael Sheridan, Vanity Fair, 8 Apr. 2026 Motions to dismiss charges in the case paint some of the officers as rookies deferring to their superiors. —

Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026 The younger Altman was ousted in February 1998 for failing to tell his superiors about the existence of a controversial videotape that showed firefighters drinking beer and using racial slurs at a firehouse retirement party, the Tribune previously reported. —

Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 Polymeropoulos described a case involving a serviceman who was treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and recommended for the Purple Heart by his superiors. —

Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026 The man asks for a cigar and the jail superintendent doesn’t need to ask for his superiors’ permission. —

Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026

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Noun

The pandemic pushed more workers than ever before into remote work, out of sight of their bosses.

— Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
Director Orson Krennic Anybody in middle management can relate to this Imperial officer who's saddled with getting a big project up and running (in his case, the first Death Star), forced to deal with uncaring bosses and winds up having some rebellious types screw the whole thing up.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2026