superb — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.

   Examples

   This champagne is superb.

   More examples (1)

   Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.

   The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards.

2. Grand; magnificent; august; stately.

   Examples

   a superb edifice; a superb colonnade

3. Haughty.

   Usage

   • Dated

   Examples

   A remark which Isabella received with a superb curl of the lip, but at the same time, and to her brother's infinite relief, she walked away.

Adjective

1. of surpassing excellence

   Synonyms

   brilliant

   Examples

   a brilliant performance

   a superb actor

2. surpassingly good

   Examples

   a superb meal