Being at a rank above another

• higher

  1. Comparative form of high: more high

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  1. Comparative form of high: more high

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• senior

  1. Relating to or being a class of corporate debt that has priority with respect to interest and principal over other classes of debt and equity by the same issuer.
  2. Being in a position, rank, or grade above others of the same set or class:
  3. Of higher rank or standing, or longer in service

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  1. Relating to or being a class of corporate debt that has priority with respect to interest and principal over other classes of debt and equity by the same issuer.
  2. Being in a position, rank, or grade above others of the same set or class:
  3. Of higher rank or standing, or longer in service

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Of greater excellence than another

• better

  1. compar. of good
  2. More useful, suitable, or desirable:
  3. Healthier or more fit than before:

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  1. compar. of good
  2. More useful, suitable, or desirable:
  3. Healthier or more fit than before:

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• preferable

  1. More desirable; to be preferred
  2. More desirable or worthy than another; preferred:
  3. Better than some other option; preferred.

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  1. More desirable; to be preferred
  2. More desirable or worthy than another; preferred:
  3. Better than some other option; preferred.

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Of fine quality

• choice

  1. Of the US Government grade of meat higher than good and lower than prime.
  2. Selected with care; well-chosen:
  3. Of very fine quality:

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  1. Of the US Government grade of meat higher than good and lower than prime.
  2. Selected with care; well-chosen:
  3. Of very fine quality:

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• fine

  1. Consisting of very small particles; not coarse:
  2. Used as an intensive:
  3. Excellent in character or ability:

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  1. Consisting of very small particles; not coarse:
  2. Used as an intensive:
  3. Excellent in character or ability:

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• first-class

  1. Of the highest class, rank, excellence, etc.; of the best quality
  2. Constituting or belonging to the first, highest, or best group in a system of classification:
  3. (Programming) Of, or relating to a treatment like that for a first-class citizen.

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  1. Of the highest class, rank, excellence, etc.; of the best quality
  2. Constituting or belonging to the first, highest, or best group in a system of classification:
  3. (Programming) Of, or relating to a treatment like that for a first-class citizen.

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• prime

  1. First or highest in rank or importance; main:
  2. Highest in quality; excellent:
  3. Being the most desired or suitable example of something:

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  1. First or highest in rank or importance; main:
  2. Highest in quality; excellent:
  3. Being the most desired or suitable example of something:

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• select

  1. Singled out in preference; chosen:
  2. Of special quality or value; choice:
  3. Choice; excellent; outstanding

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  1. Singled out in preference; chosen:
  2. Of special quality or value; choice:
  3. Choice; excellent; outstanding

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Exceptionally good of its kind

• ace

  1. (Slang) Asexual.
  2. Top-notch; first-rate.
  3. (Informal) First-rate; expert

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  1. (Slang) Asexual.
  2. Top-notch; first-rate.
  3. (Informal) First-rate; expert

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• banner

  1. Exceptional; very good.
  2. Unusually good; outstanding:

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  1. Exceptional; very good.
  2. Unusually good; outstanding:

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• blue-ribbon

  1. (Informal) Preeminent or outstanding of its kind
  2. Designating or of a panel made up of persons specially selected as for their expertise

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  1. (Informal) Preeminent or outstanding of its kind
  2. Designating or of a panel made up of persons specially selected as for their expertise

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• brag

  1. (Archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
  2. Exceptionally fine.
  3. (Now Rare) First-rate; excellent

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  1. (Archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
  2. Exceptionally fine.
  3. (Now Rare) First-rate; excellent

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• capital

  1. Most important or most serious; principal; chief
  2. First and foremost; principal:
  3. Of or relating to financial assets, especially being or related to those financial assets that add to the net worth of a business:

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  1. Most important or most serious; principal; chief
  2. First and foremost; principal:
  3. Of or relating to financial assets, especially being or related to those financial assets that add to the net worth of a business:

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• champion

  1. Superior to all others:
  2. Holding first place or prize:

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  1. Superior to all others:
  2. Holding first place or prize:

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• excellent

  1. (Obs.) Excelling; surpassing
  2. (Archaic) Being so to an extreme degree.
  3. Of the highest or finest quality; exceptionally good for its kind:

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  1. (Obs.) Excelling; surpassing
  2. (Archaic) Being so to an extreme degree.
  3. Of the highest or finest quality; exceptionally good for its kind:

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• fine

  1. Excellent in character or ability:
  2. Superior in quality; better than average; excellent; very good
  3. Able to make or detect effects of great subtlety or precision; sensitive:

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  1. Excellent in character or ability:
  2. Superior in quality; better than average; excellent; very good
  3. Able to make or detect effects of great subtlety or precision; sensitive:

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• first-class

  1. (Programming) Of, or relating to a treatment like that for a first-class citizen.
  2. Constituting or belonging to the first, highest, or best group in a system of classification:
  3. Of the highest class, rank, excellence, etc.; of the best quality

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  1. (Programming) Of, or relating to a treatment like that for a first-class citizen.
  2. Constituting or belonging to the first, highest, or best group in a system of classification:
  3. Of the highest class, rank, excellence, etc.; of the best quality

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• first-rate

  1. Foremost in quality, rank, or importance.
  2. Of the highest class, rank, or quality; very good; excellent

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  1. Foremost in quality, rank, or importance.
  2. Of the highest class, rank, or quality; very good; excellent

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• prime

  1. Being the most desired or suitable example of something:
  2. Highest in quality; excellent:
  3. First or highest in rank or importance; main:

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  1. Being the most desired or suitable example of something:
  2. Highest in quality; excellent:
  3. First or highest in rank or importance; main:

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• quality

  1. Of high quality
  2. Having a high degree of excellence:

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  1. Of high quality
  2. Having a high degree of excellence:

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• splendid

  1. Brilliant with light or color; radiant:
  2. Imposing by reason of showiness or grandeur; magnificent:
  3. Very good; excellent; fine

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  1. Brilliant with light or color; radiant:
  2. Imposing by reason of showiness or grandeur; magnificent:
  3. Very good; excellent; fine

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• superb

  1. Majestic or magnificent:
  2. Of unusually high quality; excellent:
  3. Extremely fine; excellent

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  1. Majestic or magnificent:
  2. Of unusually high quality; excellent:
  3. Extremely fine; excellent

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• terrific

  1. (Informal) Unusually fine, admirable, enjoyable, etc.
  2. Very good or fine; splendid:
  3. Unusually great in degree, intensity, severity, etc.

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  1. (Informal) Unusually fine, admirable, enjoyable, etc.
  2. Very good or fine; splendid:
  3. Unusually great in degree, intensity, severity, etc.

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• tiptop

  1. (Informal) At the highest point of excellence, health, etc.
  2. At the highest point, or top
  3. Excellent; first-rate:

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  1. (Informal) At the highest point of excellence, health, etc.
  2. At the highest point, or top
  3. Excellent; first-rate:

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• top

  1. Relating to, made up of, or broadcasting the Top 40:
  2. Of the highest degree, quality, rank, or amount:
  3. Of or having to do with the Top 40 or the kind of popular music they represent

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  1. Relating to, made up of, or broadcasting the Top 40:
  2. Of the highest degree, quality, rank, or amount:
  3. Of or having to do with the Top 40 or the kind of popular music they represent

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• a-one

  1. (Informal) First-class; first-rate; superior
  2. First-class; excellent.

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  1. (Informal) First-class; first-rate; superior
  2. First-class; excellent.

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• bully

  1. Dashing, hearty, or jolly
  2. Excellent; splendid:
  3. (Informal) Fine; very good

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  1. Dashing, hearty, or jolly
  2. Excellent; splendid:
  3. (Informal) Fine; very good

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• dandy

  1. (Rare) Of or for a dandy; foppish
  2. Suggestive of or attired like a dandy; foppish.
  3. Fine; good.

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  1. (Rare) Of or for a dandy; foppish
  2. Suggestive of or attired like a dandy; foppish.
  3. Fine; good.

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• great

  1. (Informal) Excellent; splendid; fine
  2. Being one generation removed from the relative specified. Often used in combination:
  3. Superior in quality or character; noble:

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  1. (Informal) Excellent; splendid; fine
  2. Being one generation removed from the relative specified. Often used in combination:
  3. Superior in quality or character; noble:

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• swell

  1. Fashionably elegant; stylish.
  2. Excellent; wonderful:
  3. (Slang) First-rate; excellent

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  1. Fashionably elegant; stylish.
  2. Excellent; wonderful:
  3. (Slang) First-rate; excellent

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• topflight

  1. First-rate; excellent.

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  1. First-rate; excellent.

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• topnotch

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• boss

  1. First-rate; topnotch.
  2. (Informal) Chief
  3. (Slang) Excellent; fine

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  1. First-rate; topnotch.
  2. (Informal) Chief
  3. (Slang) Excellent; fine

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• tophole

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Overly convinced of one's own superiority and importance

• arrogant

  1. Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.
  2. Full of or due to unwarranted pride and self-importance; overbearing; haughty
  3. Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others:

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  1. Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.
  2. Full of or due to unwarranted pride and self-importance; overbearing; haughty
  3. Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others:

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• haughty

  1. Having or showing great pride in oneself and disdain, contempt, or scorn for others; proud; arrogant; supercilious
  2. Scornfully and condescendingly proud.
  3. (Archaic) Lofty; noble

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  1. Having or showing great pride in oneself and disdain, contempt, or scorn for others; proud; arrogant; supercilious
  2. Scornfully and condescendingly proud.
  3. (Archaic) Lofty; noble

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• high-and-mighty

  1. Marked by arrogance; haughty and overbearing.
  2. (Idiomatic) Overbearingly arrogant; ostentatiously self-important or self-aggrandizing.

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  1. Marked by arrogance; haughty and overbearing.
  2. (Idiomatic) Overbearingly arrogant; ostentatiously self-important or self-aggrandizing.

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• insolent

  1. Boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; impudent
  2. (Archaic) Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant.
  3. Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent or impudent.

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  1. Boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; impudent
  2. (Archaic) Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant.
  3. Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent or impudent.

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• lofty

  1. High, tall, having great height or stature
  2. Arrogant; haughty.
  3. Idealistic, implying over-optimism

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  1. High, tall, having great height or stature
  2. Arrogant; haughty.
  3. Idealistic, implying over-optimism

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• lordly

  1. Haughty; overbearing
  2. Pretentiously arrogant and overbearing.
  3. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

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  1. Haughty; overbearing
  2. Pretentiously arrogant and overbearing.
  3. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

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• overbearing

  1. Acting in a dictatorial manner; arrogant; domineering
  2. Overwhelming in power or significance; predominant:
  3. Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.

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  1. Acting in a dictatorial manner; arrogant; domineering
  2. Overwhelming in power or significance; predominant:
  3. Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.

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• overweening

  1. 1870, Carl Schurz, George H. Thomas Eulogy
  2. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
  3. Arrogant; excessively proud

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  1. 1870, Carl Schurz, George H. Thomas Eulogy
  2. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
  3. Arrogant; excessively proud

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• prideful

  1. Highly pleased; elated.
  2. (Chiefly Scotland, North America) Full of pride; haughty, arrogant.
  3. Arrogant; disdainful.

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  1. Highly pleased; elated.
  2. (Chiefly Scotland, North America) Full of pride; haughty, arrogant.
  3. Arrogant; disdainful.

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• proud

  1. Feeling or showing justifiable self-respect:
  2. Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem:
  3. Majestic; magnificent:

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  1. Feeling or showing justifiable self-respect:
  2. Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem:
  3. Majestic; magnificent:

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• supercilious

  1. Disdainful or contemptuous; full of or characterized by pride or scorn; haughty
  2. Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

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  1. Disdainful or contemptuous; full of or characterized by pride or scorn; haughty
  2. Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

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Being at a height or level above another

• higher

  1. Comparative form of high: more high

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  1. Comparative form of high: more high

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• upper

  1. Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
  2. Higher in place, position, or rank:
  3. Situated on higher ground:

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  1. Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
  2. Higher in place, position, or rank:
  3. Situated on higher ground:

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One who stands above another in rank

• better

  1. The thing, condition, circumstance, action, etc. that is more excellent, more suitable, etc.
  2. Advantage
  3. A superior, as in standing, competence, or intelligence:

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  1. The thing, condition, circumstance, action, etc. that is more excellent, more suitable, etc.
  2. Advantage
  3. A superior, as in standing, competence, or intelligence:

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• elder

  1. (Mormon Church) A member of the higher order of priesthood.
  2. An older person.
  3. In some Protestant churches, a minister; also, a member appointed to the ruling body who may also assist at Communion

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  1. (Mormon Church) A member of the higher order of priesthood.
  2. An older person.
  3. In some Protestant churches, a minister; also, a member appointed to the ruling body who may also assist at Communion

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• senior

  1. (Short for) senior citizen
  2. A person of greater rank, standing, or length of service
  3. A person older than another or others

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  1. (Short for) senior citizen
  2. A person of greater rank, standing, or length of service
  3. A person older than another or others

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• higher-up

  1. (Informal) A person of higher rank or position
  2. Somebody with greater authority, seniority, rank, status or position; one who outranks.

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  1. (Informal) A person of higher rank or position
  2. Somebody with greater authority, seniority, rank, status or position; one who outranks.

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