Definitions

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  • noun One who achieves a great deal.

Etymologies

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super- +‎ achiever

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Examples

  • 'I Don't Know How She Does It' A stressogenic comedy about stress, this screen version of Allison Pearson's debut novel stars Sarah Jessica Parker as Kate Reddy, a superachiever struggling to juggle the demands of motherhood and career.

    'Drive': A Rolls of an Action Film Noir Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • The ­55-year-old general is a superachiever who took on all the toughest training assignments and came away with the ­medals, a perfectionist who demands as much from others as from himself and a deeply reflective figure — he has a Ph.D. in international relations from Princeton — who continually adapts to the lessons of experience.

    An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008

  • The grandson of Russian and German immigrants (the family name was originally Rothstein), Redstone has always been a low-key superachiever.

    Hollywood Square-Off 2008

  • Q: No one could argue that, career-wise, you've been a superachiever.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • Of course, even a superachiever like Barack Obama has an awful lot on his plate to deal with.

    Squarestate - Front Page Lowell Feld NRDC Action Fund 2010

  • Well, they're spilling onto our roads, where it seems every other rear window now comes plastered with the grade-point average and extracurricular activities of another high school superachiever.

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post 2010

  • Avila, 18, isn't a Doogie Howser-esque superachiever.

    Delusional Duck 2009

  • Avila, 18, isn't a Doogie Howser-esque superachiever.

    Delusional Duck 2009

  • Avila, 18, isn't a Doogie Howser-esque superachiever.

    Delusional Duck 2009

  • Avila, 18, isn't a Doogie Howser-esque superachiever.

    Delusional Duck 2009

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