superhuman

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌsuːpɝˈhjuːmən/ See IPA manual

Freq #20168

Meanings

1

adj
above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance

Superhuman beings.
2

adj
Beyond what is possible for a human being.

How often, during her young life, had she looked upon the face of the dead!—it was now almost more familiar than the living. Again she marked the still repose, the calm, cold hue, the superhuman beauty, the look which is not of this world, here strongly contrasted by the troubled countenance of Lord Avonleigh.
3

noun
A human with remarkable abilities or superpowers.

Here is a man who, during a potentially testy moment of promotion, retained the clarity of thought to reach deep down into himself, locate the purest possible version of his personality and say: “Fuck you.” What a superhuman he is.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 adj · beyond what is possible for... suprahumanultrahuman

3 noun · a human with remarkable... superhuman

Etymology

From Medieval Latin superhūmānus. By surface analysis, super- + human.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# superhuman

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌsuːpɝˈhjuːmən/
**Frequency rank:** 20168

## Meanings
1. above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance
2. Beyond what is possible for a human being.
3. A human with remarkable abilities or superpowers.

## Examples
- Superhuman beings.
- How often, during her young life, had she looked upon the face of the dead!—it was now almost more familiar than the living. Again she marked the still repose, the calm, cold hue, the superhuman beauty, the look which is not of this world, here strongly contrasted by the troubled countenance of Lord Avonleigh.
- Here is a man who, during a potentially testy moment of promotion, retained the clarity of thought to reach deep down into himself, locate the purest possible version of his personality and say: “Fuck you.” What a superhuman he is.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin superhūmānus. By surface analysis, super- + human.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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