Big and Superior

Big

Big adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Usage example: the big story that year was the assassination of the president

Superior and big are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Superior" instead an adjective "Big".

Nearby Word: bigness

Superior

Superior adjective - Having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude.

Big and superior are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Big" instead an adjective "Superior".

Both words in one sentence

  • Fighters can attack behind cover, and one don't have to bring the big ones close — the later sacrifices the advantage of superior laser range, and make the big ships also quite vulnerable.
  • Down to the Last Play A couple of weeks later, in "A Pair of Ladies," Urkel gets revenge on Carl's big-talking, thinks-he's-macho, hustling superior officer Lt.
  • Useful Notes / Shaka Zulu Even Isandlwana was a dubious victory in the big picture, because it cost the Zulu far more casualties than the British in a war where the British had both superior firepower and more people.
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