SUPERとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From super- (prefix), from 中期英語 super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”). Doublet of over and hyper.

形容詞

super (not comparable)

1. Of excellent quality, superfine.
2. Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.

同意語

• (better): awesome, excellent

派生語

関連する語

• super-

副詞

super (not comparable)(colloquial)

1. Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).

   The party was super awesome.

   • 1992 March 14, The Canberra Times, page 9, column 2:

     The job is super interesting for a person who enjoys a hardware environment and communicating with people.

   • 2022 November 18, Ryan Mac, Mike Isaac, Kellen Browning, quoting Elon Musk, “Elon Musk’s Twitter Teeters on the Edge After Another 1,200 Leave”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     “The best people are staying, so I’m not super worried,” he tweeted.

2. Absolutely; utterly.

   I super don't care about that.

語源 2

Abbreviation by shortening.

名詞

super (plural supers)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Clipping of superannuation.

   Jane looked forward to collecting a large super payout when she retired.

   • 2025 October 16, Melissa Davey, “Australians took more than $1.4bn from their super last year for everything from weight loss to dental work”, in The Guardian‎, Guardian Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, retrieved 16 October 2025:

     “I want to make it clear, compassionate release of super should only be considered as a last resort, where all other options of paying for the eligible expenses have been exhausted,” she said.

2. Clipping of supercomputer.
   • 1989, Kai Hwang, Doug DeGroot, Parallel processing for supercomputers and artificial intelligence:

     The performances and cost ranges of three classes of commercial supercomputers are given in Table 2.1. The full-scale supers are the most expensive class, represented by Cray, ETA, and Fujitsu systems, for example.

3. (comics, slang) Clipping of superhero.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.
4. (beekeeping) Clipping of superhive.
   • 1983, Sue Hubbell, A Country Year: Living the Questions, Boston, MA: Mariner Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 69:

     There may be thirty to fifty supers in every outyard, and we have only about half an hour to get them off the hives, stacked and covered before the bees get really cross about what we are doing.

5. (informal, US) Clipping of superintendent, especially, a building's resident manager (sometimes clarified as “building super”).
6. (neologism) Clipping of supernaturalist, especially as distinguished from bright.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.
7. Clipping of supernumerary; (theater) specifically, a supernumerary actor.
   • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

     For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.

   • 1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post‎:

     The piece was gave by a bunch o’ supers the time I went. I’d like to see it with a real cast. They say it’s a whiz when it’s acted right.

8. Clipping of supertanker.
   • 1973, Jeffrey Potter, Disaster by Oil, page 46:

     That is a lot of ship, about the size of big tankers before they grew so rapidly to become supers, mammoths and oilbergs.

9. Clipping of supervisor.
10. (television) A superimposed caption or image.
    • 2009, James Robert Parish, Jim Henson, page 114:

      Supers are superimposed words that run across the TV screen and provide information such as the names of interview subjects. The newsroom sends a printed list of these supers to Perry.

動詞

super (third-person singular simple present supers, present participle supering, simple past and past participle supered)

1. (beekeeping) Clipping of superhive.
   • 1917 Dadant, C. P., First Lessons in Beekeeping; revised & rewritten edition, 1968, by M. G. Dadant and J. C. Dadant, p 73:

     The question is: when is the best time to super?

2. (television) Clipping of superimpose.
   • 1987, Television Quarterly, volumes 23-24:

     Even running a supered "Re-enactment" caption for a few seconds is poor policy, he feels […]

アナグラム

• sprue, Rupes, Pre-Us, re-ups, pures, Prues, Purse, purse, reups, rupes, puers

語源

From Proto-Italic *super, from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over, above”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”), German über (“above, over”), Sanskrit उपरि (upári, “above, upper”), Hindi ऊपर (ūpar, “above, top, up”), Odia ଉପର (upara, “above, up”) and Punjabi ਉੱਪਰ (uppar, “above, top, up”). The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional. The ablative is from the ablative of cause.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈsʊ.pɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈsuː.per]

前置詞

super (+ accusative, ablative)

1. (with accusative or ablative) [of place] above, over, on the top of, upon

   Cibus super mēnsam est.

   The food is on the table.

2. (with accusative) [of place] above, beyond
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.2:

     terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas

     And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.

3. (with accusative) [of measure] above, beyond, over, in addition to
4. (with ablative) concerning, regarding

派生語

• super-

副詞

super (comparative superius, superlative summē or suprēmē)

1. above, on top, over
2. upwards
3. moreover, in addition, besides, on top of this, too, also
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.29:

     Hīs accēnsa super [...]

     [Juno] having been inflamed by these [things] in addition [...]
     Or, translated more plainly:
     With all of this angering her [...]
     (See: Juno (mythology).)

引用

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.

反意語

• sub

派生語

派生した語

参照

• “super”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “super”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “super”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen super ripas effunditur
    
• super in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌs(j)upəː/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌsupəɹ/
• ハイフネーション: su‧per-

接頭辞

super-

1. located above; (anatomy) superior in position

   superlabial, superglacial, superlineal (examples from )

2. a more inclusive category

   supercategory, superfamily, superculture

3. beyond, over, or upon

   supernatural, superhuman, supersonic

4. greater than in quantity

   superwavelength, supersynchronous, superrotation

5. excessive; exceptionally large in quantity

   superphosphate, superhydration

6. superior in title or status

   superintendent, supervisor

7. superior in power or potency

   supervolcano, supercow, superantigen, superpotent

8. (augmentative) intensely, extremely, or exceptional

   superbenevolent, superblizzard, superquiet, supersharp, superbright

9. (physics) regarding supersymmetry

   superparticle, superpartner, superWIMP

10. (fiction) regarding superheroes

    superheroic

同意語

• (above): on-, en-, epi-, supra-, sur-, hyper-
• (inclusive): hyper-, meta-
• (beyond): trans-, ultra-
• (more than): pleo-
• (excessive): over-, hyper-
• (powerful): forti-, mega-
• (augmentative): supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, maxi-, giga-, -zilla, grand, great

反意語

• infra-
• sub-

派生語

関連する語

• super

Further reading

• “super-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “super-”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

アナグラム

• sprue, Rupes, Pre-Us, re-ups, pures, Prues, Purse, purse, reups, rupes, puers

接頭辞

super-

1. super-; over, above

派生語