Superclass

Noun

1. (taxonomy) A taxon ranking below a phylum and above a class.
2. (computing, object-oriented programming) A high-level class that passes attributes and methods down the hierarchy to subclasses.

Antonyms

• subclass

Full definition of superclass

Verb

1. (transitive, computing, object-oriented programming) To create a superclass of.
• 2001, Stephen Teilhet, Subclassing and Hooking With Visual Basic (page 223)Applications incorporating superclassing "clean up" by calling UnregisterClass on all superclassed classes.