Meaning & use
super luxury
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Meanings
adjectivebefore a nouninformal
Describing goods, services, or travel that are far more expensive and comfortable than ordinary luxury ones.
Grammar: Sits directly before a noun: a super luxury car, super luxury apartments.
Patterns
- super luxury + noun
- a super luxury hotel
- super luxury goods
They booked a super luxury suite with a private pool and a butler.
The magazine tested five super luxury cars and complained about all of them.
After years of saving, she finally treated herself to a super luxury cruise.
noununcountableinformal
A level of products or services that is even higher and more costly than ordinary luxury.
Grammar: Used without an or an and without a plural: a market for super luxury, not 'for a super luxury'.
Patterns
- the super luxury market
- move into super luxury
- a taste for super luxury
The brand has quietly moved from premium into super luxury.
Demand for super luxury in Asia keeps growing despite the weak economy.
Common combinations
- super luxury hotel
- We stayed in a super luxury hotel right on the beach.
- super luxury car
- He collects super luxury cars from the 1960s.
- super luxury brand
- The label is trying to become a super luxury brand.
- super luxury market
- Sales in the super luxury market fell last year.
- super luxury travel
- Super luxury travel now includes private jets and island villas.
Synonyms and how they differ
- ultra-luxurious
- Means the same but is a single adjective, so it sounds a little more formal and is less common in ads.
- high-end
- Weaker than super luxury: high-end goods are expensive and good quality, but not necessarily the most expensive class.
- premium
- Refers to the top of an ordinary range; super luxury suggests a separate, far more expensive category.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: super luxury or super luxurious?
super luxury vs super luxurious
This is the adjective form used after a linking verb (the room was super luxurious), while super luxury usually comes before a noun.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'super luxury' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Super luxury' works as a compound modifier before a noun, so 'a super luxury apartment' is correct. Option 1 uses the adjective 'luxurious', which is also grammatical but is a different word, and options 2 and 3 put the phrase in positions where it cannot stand.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “super luxury”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.