a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
"The super came down to collect our rent and remind us that we had forgotten to lock the front door."
Short for superannuation.
"My boss advised me to check my payroll stubs to see how much has been deducted from my paycheck into Super since I started working last year."
In plain English: A super is an employee who takes care of cleaning and maintaining a building for its owners or tenants.
"The super arrived at 6 PM to collect the trash bags."
Short for superhive.
"The beekeeper proudly displayed his latest invention, a lightweight super designed to fit perfectly in his transport van."
In plain English: To super means to make something extremely strong or effective by adding extra power to it.
"When we were stuck in traffic, we super our car to move faster than the others."
Of excellent quality, superfine.
"The chef served a super tenderloin that melted in my mouth."
In plain English: Super means extremely good or very great.
Usage: Use super as an informal adjective to describe something of exceptionally high quality or superior grade, often in casual conversation rather than formal writing. It functions similarly to synonyms like excellent but carries a more colloquial tone suitable for everyday praise.
to an extreme degree
"extremely cold"
"extremely unpleasant"
"she is super smart"
"the night was deathly cold"
"as a child, I was deathly afraid of snakes"
Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).
"The super bright lights blinded everyone in the stadium during the opening ceremony."
In plain English: Super means extremely or very much when used to describe how intense something is.
"She did super well on her exam."
The word super comes from the Latin prefix meaning "above," which entered Middle English before becoming a standalone term in modern usage. It is related to words like over and hyper, sharing that same original sense of being positioned higher than something else.