SUPERIORS Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

superiors

noun

plural of superior

as in bosses

one who is above another in rank, station, or office if a customer is rude to you, report it to your superior and she'll handle it

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Recent Examples of superiors But after Dougan raised the concerns, the lawsuit says, his superiors took disciplinary action against him. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026 Reuveni, who had been promoted to serve as the acting deputy director for the Office of Immigration Litigation, warned his superiors that the government might be in violation of the court order. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Throughout the film, Agent Miller refuses to abandon the investigation, even after being discouraged from following the case by her superiors who felt as though there wasn’t enough evidence pointing to Kaczynski. — Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026 In the film’s ostensible present, as the lengthy raid unfolds, a noble, unnamed police constable (Anurag Thakur) objects to his superiors’ methods and their persecution of Devi at large. — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2026 His case was covered up for three decades by his Jesuit superiors, and even Francis was suspected of having protected his fellow Jesuit. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026 The Oversight Democrats’ summary published on Monday says officers at the facility were told by superiors there would be consequences for speaking up. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026 The series begins during a police intervention in which two officers shoot an unarmed teenager and decide to conceal what happened from their superiors. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026 Bartholow reported to her superiors at SEIU California that Regan stood uncomfortably close and hovered over her at the bar at a fundraiser for the state Senate leader in San Diego in March as tensions flared over the billionaire tax. — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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Noun

After Hegseth made his announcement, the reactions were mixed, even among his bosses.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
That disconnect could prove costly at a moment when employees are looking to their bosses to bring the workforce together.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of bosses

Noun

Fawn Youngbear-Tibbetts, the group's executive director, said then that recordings of elders' stories on old tapes were likely melted.

— Eric Henderson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Ethnographic accounts from native elders describe how during unique warm-water events in late summer, people voyaged out at night into the fjords, aided by natural bioluminescent plankton.

— Torben Rick, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of elders

Noun

The latest friction and finger-pointing between the two leaders is yet another data point in what has been at times a combustible relationship.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
The older contingent of media and entertainment leaders have to come to grips with the fact that the world’s population is getting younger.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

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