superspy

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noun

A glamorous, important spy.

OriginEnglish spy ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super →
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Meanings

nounsuperspy (plural superspies)

plural superspies

  1. A glamorous, important spy.

    ...the beginning of the end of Israeli superspy hegemony in spy fiction.

    1989, Reeva S Simon, The Middle East in Crime Fiction
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    Well, at least they look good, especially after escaping from the clutches of the superspy baddies.

    1994, Howard Prouty, Variety TV Reviews 1991-92

    The three superspies soon discover that the answer involves mysterious codes, secret graveyard meetings, underground torture chambers in medieval castles...

    2007, Deborah Abela, Max Remy Superspy: The French Code

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ninja

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishspy
  8. Englishsuperspy

From super- + spy.

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APA

superspy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superspy

MLA

“superspy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superspy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superspy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superspy.

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