Synonyms of superordinate

superordinate

adjective

as in higher

Related Words

• higher
• greater
• more
• senior
• major
• primary
• prime
• superior
• first-class
• first-rate
• exceptional
• choice

Dissimilar Words

• less
• lower
• smaller
• lesser
• minor
• junior
• subordinate
• inferior
• small
• little
• mean
• minute
• petty

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of superordinate

Further, recent research suggests that highlighting superordinate goals (shared by everyone in the group) early in the conversation helps teams navigate disagreement later. — Alison Wood Brooks, Harvard Business Review, 17 Aug. 2026

Their vision does not reflect the idea that computing can or should be a superordinate realm of scholarship, on the order of the arts or engineering. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024

In addition to eroding public trust in the government, the COVID crisis has made clear that a political system that has been tailored to a single superordinate figure is highly susceptible to disruption, shocks, and arbitrary decision-making. — Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2023

Decades of research that followed focused on the benefits of superordinate goals (that supersede any particular group’s interests) including goals to fight a common enemy or to create a common identity. — K.n.c., The Economist, 14 Aug. 2019