superlative (superlatives plural )
1 adj If you describe something as superlative, you mean that it is extremely good.
Some superlative wines are made in this region..., The Regent hotel has a superlative view of Hong Kong island.
2 n-count If someone uses superlatives to describe something, they use adjectives and expressions which indicate that it is extremely good.
usu pl
...a spectacle which has critics world-wide reaching for superlatives.
3 adj In grammar, the superlative form of an adjective or adverb is the form that indicates that something has more of a quality than anything else in a group. For example, `biggest' is the superlative form of `big'. Compare comparative.
ADJ n
Superlative is also a noun., n-count
...his tendency towards superlatives and exaggeration.