Synonyms of superiors

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bosses
• elders
• leaders
• masters
• betters
• seniors
• chiefs
• heads

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• subordinates
• assistants
• inferiors
• underlings
• deputies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of superiors

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

All three had been asked by their superiors to replace the plates on their cars but refused, McNicholas said. —Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 11 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

Around this time, a young Israeli national-security official reached the same conclusion and began urging his superiors to organize an internal coup against Assad. —Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026

But when Commissioner Marty Makary presented that list for sign-off to the Health and Human Services Department, which oversees the FDA, and to the White House in October, his superiors shot it down, the people said. —Elaine Chen, STAT, 4 Feb. 2026

In 2018, Ruis was brought up on department charges for not informing his superiors about changes to an order of protection filed against him by his estranged wife at the time. —Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026

When should troops disobey their superiors? —TheWeek, 23 Jan. 2026