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ADJECTIVE (4)

1. final or last in your life or progress;
- Example: "the supreme sacrifice"
- Example: "the supreme judgment"

2. greatest in status or authority or power;
- Example: "a supreme tribunal"
[syn: sovereign, supreme]

3. highest in excellence or achievement;
- Example: "supreme among musicians"
- Example: "a supreme endxxeavor"
- Example: "supreme courage"

4. greatest or maximal in degree; extreme;
- Example: "supreme folly"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Supreme \Su*preme"\, a. [L. supremus, superlative of superus that is above, upper, fr. super above: cf. F. supr[^e]me. See Super-, and cf. Sum.] 1. Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power. [1913 Webster] He that is the supreme King of kings. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly. [1913 Webster] Each would be supreme within its own sphere, and those spheres could not but clash. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) Situated at the highest part or point. [1913 Webster] The Supreme, the Almighty; God. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

supreme adj 1: final or last in your life or progress; "the supreme sacrifice"; "the supreme judgment" 2: greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal" [syn: sovereign, supreme] 3: highest in excellence or achievement; "supreme among musicians"; "a supreme endxxeavor"; "supreme courage" 4: greatest or maximal in degree; extreme; "supreme folly"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

190 Moby Thesaurus words for "supreme": absolute, acmatic, all-absorbing, all-knowing, all-powerful, all-seeing, all-wise, almighty, apical, ascendant, at the head, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, best, boss, boundless, brilliant, capital, cardinal, champion, changeless, chief, choice, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, consummate, controlling, creating, creative, crowning, dominant, duly constituted, elect, elite, eminent, empowered, eternal, eternally the same, everlasting, ex officio, excellent, extreme, final, first, first-class, first-rate, for the best, foremost, general, glorious, good, governing, great, greatest, hallowed, handpicked, head, headmost, hegemonic, hegemonistic, highest, holy, immortal, immutable, imperative, important, in ascendancy, in charge, in chief, in the ascendant, incomparable, infinite, influential, inimitable, just, last, leading, limitless, loftiest, loving, luminous, main, majestic, making, master, masterful, masterly, matchless, maximal, maximum, merciful, meridian, meridional, mighty, momentous, monocratic, most, numinous, official, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, one, optimal, optimum, outstanding, overmost, overriding, overruling, paramount, peerless, perfect, permanent, perpetual, picked, plenipotentiary, potent, powerful, predominant, predominate, preeminent, premier, prepollent, preponderant, preponderate, prepotent, prestigious, prevalent, primary, prime, principal, prize, prominent, puissant, quintessential, radiant, ranking, regnant, regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning, ruling, sacred, select, senior, shaping, sovereign, sublime, substantial, summital, superb, superior, superlative, surpassing, timeless, tip-top, top, top-notch, topmost, totalitarian, towering, transcendent, ubiquitous, ultimate, unbounded, unchanging, undefined, unequaled, unexcelled, unlimited, unmatchable, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed, upmost, uppermost, utmost, uttermost, vertical, very best, weighty, zenithal
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

SUPREME. That which is superior to all other things; as the supreme power of the state, which is an authority over all others. The supreme court, which is superior to all other courts.
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Supreme, LA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Louisiana Population (2000): 1119 Housing Units (2000): 354 Land area (2000): 3.413814 sq. miles (8.841737 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.049281 sq. miles (0.127636 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.463095 sq. miles (8.969373 sq. km) FIPS code: 74235 Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22 Location: 29.859875 N, 90.985197 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Supreme, LA Supreme