Superhuman

Quick meaning: Superhuman is an adjective meaning Beyond what is possible for a human being.

Meaning

Beyond what is possible for a human being.

More Meanings

1. A human with remarkable abilities or superpowers.

Example Sentences

I could have flown at him, shame upon me! The woman had confounded and almost destroyed my moral sense, as she was bound to confound all who looked upon her superhuman loveliness.

No doubt, Jane thought, the rider, in his almost superhuman power of foresight, saw behind the horizon the dark, lengthening shadows that were soon to crowd and gloom over him and her and little Fay.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• superhumans

Synonyms for superhuman

Depending on context, synonyms include suprahuman, ultrahuman, powerful, herculean, divine, godlike.

Antonyms for superhuman

Common opposites include infrahuman, subhuman.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include powerful, godlike, divine, herculean, suprahuman, transhuman.

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