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supermodel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From super- + model. First written example dates from 1942 in the English language, in common use since the late 1980s. Sometimes incorrectly attributed to supermodel Janice Dickinson.

Meanings

  1. A highly paid, famous fashion model.
    • Kendall Jenner first earned the title of the "world's highest paid supermodel" in 2018 when Forbes released an article asserting that she had raked in $22.5 million that year. 2022 March 11, Sophie Lee, “How Kendall Jenner Became the Highest Paid Supermodel in the World”, in L'Officiel:
  2. (dated) A technological improvement over an invention's previous model.
  3. (qualifier:artificial intelligence) A model with greatly exceeding capabilities.
    • Across software development, vulnerability research, exploit development, reconnaissance, social engineering, infrastructure discovery and security operations, AI is already accelerating both offense and defense. We do not need a hypothetical supermodel to observe the trend. We are living inside it. 2026 June 16, “The Mythos Debate Misses the Point”, in Optiv.com:

Forms

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Deriveds

supermodelish · supermodelesque · supermodeldom

Relateds

model · fashion model

Translations (37)

vi siêu mẫu (famous fashion model) · fi huippumalli (famous fashion model) · be топ-мадэ́ль (famous fashion model) · id adiperagawan (famous fashion model) · es supermodelo (famous fashion model) · ja スーパーモデル (famous fashion model) · sk topmodelka (famous fashion model) · cmn 超級名模 /超级名模 (famous fashion model) · hu szupermodell (famous fashion model) · uk супермоде́ль (famous fashion model) · sv supermodell (famous fashion model) · ru топ-моде́ль (famous fashion model) · fr top-modèle (famous fashion model) · uk топ-моде́ль (famous fashion model) · cs topmodelka (famous fashion model) · da supermodel (famous fashion model) · it supermodel (famous fashion model) · fr top model (famous fashion model) · fi supermalli (famous fashion model) · id supermodel (famous fashion model) · ru супермоде́ль (famous fashion model) · pl supermodelka (famous fashion model) · be супермадэ́ль (famous fashion model) · gl supermodelo (famous fashion model) · fa سوپرمدل (famous fashion model) · pl supermodel (famous fashion model) · pt supermodelo (famous fashion model) · id adiperagawati (famous fashion model) · nl supermodel (famous fashion model) · et supermodell (famous fashion model) · hy սուպերմոդել (famous fashion model) · ro super-modelă (famous fashion model) · ko 슈퍼모델 (famous fashion model) · cs supermodelka (famous fashion model) · nb supermodell (famous fashion model) · ka სუპერმოდელი (famous fashion model) · de Supermodel (famous fashion model)

wikipedia: Janice_Dickinson#"First_supermodel"_claim