superior

(noun): A person of higher rank or quality.
(noun): The senior person in a monastic community.
(noun): The head of certain churches and colleges.
(noun): One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
(adjective): Higher in quality.
(adjective): Higher in rank.
(adjective): More comprehensive, as a term in classification.
(adjective): Located above.
(adjective): Greater or better than average; extraordinary.
(adjective): Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; with to.
(adjective): Of a planet: closer to the Earth than to the sun.

Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.
A genus is superior to a species.
the superior jaw; the superior part of an image