Meanings
comparative more superintelligent · superlative most superintelligent
- Having remarkably high intelligence.
[J]ust as the late Premier of England was declared by some of the super-intelligent critics of his policy to have international designs against the House of Lords.
1874 May 29, The Australian Israelite, Melbourne, page 323, column 4Synonyms: hyperintelligent, ultraintelligent
- artificial intelligencePossessing superintelligence.
Even assuming that superintelligent A.I. is years away, there is still plenty that can go wrong in the meantime.
2024 March 18, Andrew Marantz, “О.К., Doomer”, in The New Yorker, page 45
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving remarkably high intelligence.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Englishsuper-
- Englishintelligent
- Englishsuperintelligent
From super- + intelligent.
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