super-, supra-, sur- +
(Latin: above, over, more than; excessive)
Sur- is a form of super- formed through the French and shouldn't be confused with another assimilated sur- form that comes from sub- and means: "under, below, beneath".
In some words, super- is amplified to mean: "on top of; higher in rank or position than; superior to; greater in quality, amount, or degree than others of its kind; to a degree greater than others of its kind; to a degree greater than normal; extra, additional".
surname
1. The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name).
2. That name which identifies someone as belonging to a particular family and that he or she has in common with other members of that family.
3. A nickname or epithet added to a person's name.
surnamer
1. Someone who names a person who has something in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name; a family name.
2. Anyone who adds a person's name; such as, someone who indicates a circumstance of birth or some characteristic or achievement; an epithet.
surpass
1. To go beyond what was expected or hoped for, usually by being bigger, better, or greater.
2. To be bigger, greater, better, or worse than someone or something else.
3. To be beyond someone's ability to deal with or to understand.
surpassable
Capable of becoming better, greater, or stronger.
surpassingly
A description indicating someone having greatly exceeded others or having a very high degree of achievement over difficulties.
surpassingness
Eminently excellent; exceeding others.
surplice
A white ecclesiastical outer garment, like a smock, with wide, often flared sleeves, and varying in length and worn over other garments.
surplus
1. A quantity much larger than is needed.
2. Being more than, or in excess of, what is needed or required.
surplusage
1. A quantity much larger than is needed.
2. Redundant, or an excess of repetitive words, or arguments; verbiage.
surprint
1. Something added by overprinting.
2. To print (additional marks, a new address, etc.) over something already printed.
surprise
1. To encounter suddenly or unexpectedly; to take or catch unawares.
2. To attack, or to capture suddenly, and without warning.
3. To cause someone to feel wonder, astonishment, or amazement, as at something not anticipated or expected.
4. To cause (someone) to do or to say something unintended; and to elicit or to detect through surprise.
5. Etymology: "unexpected attack" or "capture", from Middle French surprise, "taking unawares" from the noun use of Old French surprendre, "to overtake"; from sur-, "over" + prendre, "to take"; from Latin prendere, contracted from prehendere "to grasp, to seize".
surprisedly
1. A description of something that surprises someone; such as, a completely unexpected occurrence, appearance, or statement: "His announcement surprisedly caught people off guard."
2. Characterized as an assault, as on an army or a fort, made without warning.
3. Relating to coming upon unexpectedly; detecting in the act; taking unawares.
surpriser
1. A captor who uses surprise to capture a victim.
2. Someone who attacks unexpectedly; also, anyone who captures by an unexpected attack.
3. Anyone who takes someone, or people, unexpectedly.
surrealism
1. An early 20th-century movement in art and literature that tried to represent the subconscious mind by creating fantastic imagery and juxtaposing ideas that seem to contradict each other.
2. Etymology: from French surréalisme; from sur-, "beyond" + réalisme, "realism"; coined c.1917 by Guillaume Apollinaire, taken over by Andre Breton as the name of the movement he launched in 1924 with Manifeste de Surréalisme.
surrebut
To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebuttle.
Related "above, over, beyond the normal, excessive" word units:
epi-;
hyper-;
ultra-, ult-.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "more, plentiful, fullness, excessive, over flowing":
copi-;
exuber-;
hyper-;
multi-;
opulen-;
ple-;
pleio-;
plethor-;
poly-;
total-;
ultra-;
undu-.
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