superstructure

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: su=per=struc=ture

CIDE DICTIONARY

superstructure, n. [Cf. F. superstructure.].

•  Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis  [1913 Webster]

  "You have added to your natural endowments the superstructure of study."  [1913 Webster]
•  The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

superstructure, n.
1 the part of a building above its foundations.
2 a structure built on top of something else.
3 a concept or idea based on others.

Derivative

superstructural adj.

ROGET THESAURUS

superstructure

Completion

N completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment, performance, execution, despatch, dispatch, consummation, culmination, finish, conclusion, close, terminus, winding up, finale, denouement, catastrophe, issue, upshot, result, final touch, last touch, crowning touch, finishing touch, finishing stroke, last finish, coup de grace, crowning of the edifice, coping-stone, keystone, missing link, superstructure, ne plus ultra, work done, fait accompli, elaboration, finality, completeness, completing, final, concluding, conclusive, crowning, exhaustive, done, completed, done for, sped, wrought out, highly wrought, thorough, ripe, completely, to crown all, out of hand, the race is run, actum est, finis coronat opus, consummatum est, c'en est fait, it is all over, the game is played out, the bubble has burst, aussitot dit aussitot fait, aut non tentaris aut perfice.