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Spell Bee Word: Superb


What does superb mean?

Word: Superb

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Superb means very good indeed, of the highest quality, or wonderful to see.

Synonyms: splendid, wonderful

Antonyms: poor, awful

How do you spell superb?

Syllables: su - perb

Tricky part: The word stops at the b. Many children add an e at the end, as if it were like describe, but superb has none.

Watch out for: superbe, superp

Memory tip: A superb word does not need an extra e to show off: it finishes proudly on its b.

Superb in a sentence

Example 1: The view from the top of the fort was superb.

Example 2: Arjun took a superb catch near the boundary to win the match.

Example 3: The dancers gave a superb performance at the end-of-year show.

Fun Fact

Superb is part of the names of some birds, such as the superb fairywren of Australia and the superb starling of East Africa.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: superb

a) ordinary
b) careless
c) gloomy
d) excellent

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d) excellent. Superb and excellent both praise something as very good, while ordinary is only average.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) marvellous
b) brilliant
c) supurb
d) tremendous

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c) supurb. The middle of superb is spelt per, so ur gives the slip away.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

brpseu

a) pursue
b) probes
c) suburb
d) superb

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d) superb. There is just one u here, which rules out suburb and pursue, and probes would need an o.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

souperb

a) u
b) p
c) o
d) e

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c) o. Superb may begin with the same sound as soup, but it has no o.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The chef's lasagne was superb. How did the guests most likely feel?

a) delighted
b) bored
c) disappointed
d) puzzled

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a) delighted

2. Rohit called the match superb, but Leela said it was only fair. Who enjoyed it more?

a) Rohit
b) both the same
c) Leela
d) neither of them

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a) Rohit

Associated Words

Words that start with supe: superior, superlative, supermarket

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: splendid, wonderful, poor, awful

More words from this list

aloud, brake, confident, digital, faulty, inappropriate, mournful, radiate

Next steps

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