English UsageGrammar guide
Superior To: Standard Pattern
Superior To: Standard Pattern keeps the page to the directly supported construction instead of treating an unverified “superior than” title as a balanced pair.
Cambridge documents “superior to” when comparing something as higher in quality, position, or performance.
Key details
Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familycomparison complement
Termssuperior to
Further guidance
Construction
Cambridge examples directly use superior to for comparison.
Style Boundary
A nearby “than” elsewhere in a sentence does not by itself create a superior than complement pattern.
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
- superior — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Cambridge dictionary evidence for superior to as the documented comparison construction.