Meanings
- grammarThe degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing three or more entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the superlative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -est or the word most (e.g. biggest, most fully); the superlative of inferiority, by adding the word least (e.g. least big, least fully).
Synonyms: superlative
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing three or more entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the superlative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -est or the word most (e.g. biggest, most fully); the superlative of inferiority, by adding the word least (e.g. least big, least fully).
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Translations
Arabic دَرَجَة فَائِقَة
- دَرَجَة فَائِقَة (daraja fāʔiqa)degree of comparison
Chinese Mandarin 最高級 /最高级
- 最高級 /最高级 (zuìgāojí)degree of comparison
Dutch overtreffende trap
- overtreffende trapdegree of comparison
Finnish superlatiivi
- superlatiividegree of comparison
French superlatif
- superlatifdegree of comparison
German Superlativ
- Superlativdegree of comparison
Greek υπερθετικός βαθμός
- υπερθετικός βαθμός (yperthetikós vathmós)degree of comparison
Hungarian felsőfok
- felsőfokdegree of comparison
Icelandic efsta stig
- efsta stigdegree of comparison
Irish sárchéim
- sárchéimdegree of comparison
Italian superlativo
- superlativodegree of comparison
Japanese 最上級
- 最上級 (saijōkyū)degree of comparison
Korean 최상급
- 최상급 (choesanggeup)degree of comparison
Persian صفت برترین
- صفت برترین (sefat-e bartarin)degree of comparison
Polish stopień najwyższy
- stopień najwyższydegree of comparison
Portuguese grau superlativo
- grau superlativodegree of comparison
Romanian grad superlativ, superlativ
- grad superlativdegree of comparison
- superlativdegree of comparison
Russian превосхо́дная сте́пень, суперляти́в
- превосхо́дная сте́пень (prevosxódnaja stépenʹ)degree of comparison
- суперляти́в (superljatív)degree of comparison
Slovak superlatív, tretí stupeň
- superlatívdegree of comparison
- tretí stupeňdegree of comparison
Tagalog pasukdol
- pasukdoldegree of comparison
Vietnamese cấp cao nhất
- cấp cao nhấtdegree of comparison
Welsh gradd eithaf
- gradd eithafdegree of comparison
Cite this entry
superlative degree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superlative%20degree
“superlative degree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superlative%20degree. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superlative degree,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superlative%20degree.
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