outbalance[obs3], outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o’ertop, cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip &c. 303; eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one’s nose out of joint; have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage; turn the scale, kick the beam; play first fiddle &c. (importance) 642; preponderate, predominate, prevail; precede, take precedence, come first; come to a head, culminate; beat &c. all others, bear the palm; break the record; take the cake * [U.  S.]. become larger, render larger &c. (increase) 35, (expand) 194. 
     Adj. superior, greater, major, higher; exceeding &c. v.; great &c. 31;
distinguished, ultra[Lat]; vaulting; more than a match for.
     supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning;
first-rate &c. (important) 642, (excellent) 648; unrivaled peerless, matchless; none such, second to none, sans pareil[Fr]; unparagoned[obs3], unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached[obs3], unsurpassed; superlative, inimitable facile princeps[Lat], incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus[Lat], ne plus ultra[Lat]; beyond compare, beyond comparison; culminating &c. (topmost) 210; transcendent, transcendental; plus royaliste que le Roi[Fr], more catholic than the Pope
     increased &c. (added to) 35; enlarged &c. (expanded) 194. 
     Adv. beyond, more, over; over the mark, above the mark; above par;
upwards of, in advance of; over and above; at the top of the scale, at its height.
     [in a superior or supreme degree] eminently, egregiously,
preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the most, to crown all, gr/kat exochin/gr[Grl], par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still more.

Phr.  “I shall not look upon his like again” [Hamlet]; deos fortioribus addesse [Lat][Tacitus].

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     #34.  Inferiority. —­ N. inferiority, minority, subordinacy;
shortcoming, deficiency; minimum; smallness &c. 32; imperfection; lower quality, lower worth.
     [personal inferiority] commonalty &c. 876. 
     V. be inferior &c. adj.; fall short of, come short of; not pass, not
come up to; want.
     become smaller, render smaller &c. (decrease) 36, (contract) 195; hide
its diminished head, retire into the shade, yield the palm, play second fiddle, be upstaged, take a back seat. 
     Adj. inferior, smaller; small &c. 32; minor, less, lesser, deficient,
minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; second-rate &c. (imperfect) 651; sub, subaltern; thrown into the shade; weighed in the balance and found wanting; not fit to hold a candle to, can’t hold a candle to.
     least, smallest &c. (see little, small &c. 193); lowest.
     diminished &c. (decreased) 36; reduced &c. (contracted) 195;
unimportant &c. 643. 
     Adv. less; under the mark, below the mark, below par; at the bottom
of the scale, at a low ebb, at a disadvantage; short of, under.