superiors
- 1Plural of superior.
The young officer saluted his superiors as they entered the room.
Several department heads complained that their superiors ignored the warning signs.
Note
A regular plural, formed with -s, that carries every meaning the singular noun has. Beyond bosses and commanding officers, superiors can be the heads of monastic communities or colleges, raised letters and figures in print, or, historically, those who granted heritable land to vassals in return for feu duty or services. Only the noun takes the plural; the adjective never adds -s.
superiors is a form of superior
superior, noun: A person of higher rank or quality than someone else, especially a colleague who holds a more senior position. Full entry
- Forms
- superiorsuperiors plural
- Spelling
- superior → superiors: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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