What does superhuman mean?
Definitions for superhuman
ˌsu pərˈhyu mən; often -ˈyu-su·per·hu·man
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word superhuman.
Princeton's WordNet
superhumanadjective
above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance
"superhuman beings"; "superhuman strength"; "soldiers driven mad by superhuman misery"
Wiktionary
superhumannoun
A human being with remarkable abilities.
superhumannoun
A fictional human being with superpowers.
superhumanadjective
Beyond what is possible for a human being.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Superhumanadjective
Above the nature or power of man.
Etymology: super and humanus, Latin.
Wikipedia
Superhuman
Superhuman (Korean: 슈퍼휴언) is a song recorded by South Korean boy band NCT 127, the Seoul-based sub-unit of SM Entertainment's project boy group NCT (band). It was released on May 24, 2019, by SM Entertainment as the lead single from the group's fourth extended play, We Are Superhuman. The song's music video is the group's most viewed online music video within 24 hours to date, having garnered 3,122,692 views within its first day of release.
ChatGPT
superhuman
Superhuman refers to an individual or characteristics that exceed or transcend normal human capabilities or limitations, through either supernatural means, advanced technology, or extraordinary talent or skill. It often refers to abilities beyond what is physically or mentally possible for a human. This term is frequently used in science fiction, fantasy and comic literature to describe fictional characters like superheroes.
Webster Dictionary
Superhumanadjective
above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine; as, superhuman strength; superhuman wisdom
Wikidata
Superhuman
Superhuman can mean an improved human, for example, by genetic modification, cybernetic implants, or as what humans might evolve into, in the near or distant future. Occasionally, it could mean an otherwise "normal" human with unusual abilities, such as psychic abilities, flying abilities, unimaginable strength or exceptional proficiency at something, far beyond the normal. Superhuman can also mean something that is not human, but considered to be "superior" to humans in some ways. A robot that easily passed the Turing test, and could do some things humans cannot, could be considered superhuman. A very intelligent or strong alien could be considered superhuman. In its most basic sense it means anything beyond human capabilities, e.g. a tiger may be described as having "superhuman strength".
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Superhuman
sū-pėr-hū′man, adj. above what is human: divine.—n. Superhuman′ity.—adv. Superhū′manly.
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
- [["1564","1"],["1590","4"],["1635","1"],["1644","1"],["1706","1"],["1709","1"],["1712","1"],["1717","1"],["1719","1"],["1732","4"],["1740","1"],["1747","2"],["1750","1"],["1762","1"],["1777","4"],["1778","9"],["1784","1"],["1787","2"],["1788","5"],["1789","1"],["1790","1"],["1792","3"],["1793","1"],["1794","4"],["1795","1"],["1796","10"],["1797","9"],["1798","2"],["1799","9"],["1800","39"],["1801","11"],["1802","10"],["1803","13"],["1804","27"],["1805","3"],["1806","26"],["1807","11"],["1808","3"],["1809","16"],["1810","10"],["1811","23"],["1812","11"],["1813","30"],["1814","24"],["1815","30"],["1816","22"],["1817","58"],["1818","70"],["1819","34"],["1820","59"],["1821","39"],["1822","134"],["1823","104"],["1824","392"],["1825","138"],["1826","361"],["1827","151"],["1828","294"],["1829","238"],["1830","292"],["1831","343"],["1832","284"],["1833","400"],["1834","277"],["1835","493"],["1836","381"],["1837","514"],["1838","443"],["1839","464"],["1840","526"],["1841","562"],["1842","357"],["1843","521"],["1844","669"],["1845","600"],["1846","699"],["1847","725"],["1848","944"],["1849","926"],["1850","1074"],["1851","947"],["1852","981"],["1853","1279"],["1854","1768"],["1855","1544"],["1856","1457"],["1857","1196"],["1858","1303"],["1859","1291"],["1860","1330"],["1861","955"],["1862","839"],["1863","1026"],["1864","1108"],["1865","1421"],["1866","1295"],["1867","1409"],["1868","1378"],["1869","1286"],["1870","1409"],["1871","1470"],["1872","1631"],["1873","1353"],["1874","1868"],["1875","1627"],["1876","1505"],["1877","2010"],["1878","1521"],["1879","1998"],["1880","2174"],["1881","2006"],["1882","1895"],["1883","2491"],["1884","2680"],["1885","2085"],["1886","1724"],["1887","2206"],["1888","2269"],["1889","2018"],["1890","1998"],["1891","2676"],["1892","2777"],["1893","2290"],["1894","2392"],["1895","2290"],["1896","2802"],["1897","3022"],["1898","2684"],["1899","3420"],["1900","3714"],["1901","2894"],["1902","3264"],["1903","2932"],["1904","2755"],["1905","3148"],["1906","3123"],["1907","3298"],["1908","3302"],["1909","3068"],["1910","3354"],["1911","3171"],["1912","3826"],["1913","3577"],["1914","3196"],["1915","2422"],["1916","2626"],["1917","2823"],["1918","2553"],["1919","2471"],["1920","3192"],["1921","2739"],["1922","2659"],["1923","2719"],["1924","2491"],["1925","2423"],["1926","2280"],["1927","2918"],["1928","2690"],["1929","2884"],["1930","2871"],["1931","2713"],["1932","2316"],["1933","2012"],["1934","2165"],["1935","2436"],["1936","2272"],["1937","2433"],["1938","2456"],["1939","2304"],["1940","2169"],["1941","1835"],["1942","1684"],["1943","1665"],["1944","1521"],["1945","1625"],["1946","2376"],["1947","2519"],["1948","2760"],["1949","2913"],["1950","2816"],["1951","3030"],["1952","2820"],["1953","2724"],["1954","2652"],["1955","3237"],["1956","3250"],["1957","3792"],["1958","3479"],["1959","3538"],["1960","4067"],["1961","4601"],["1962","4773"],["1963","5152"],["1964","4948"],["1965","5274"],["1966","5408"],["1967","5794"],["1968","6582"],["1969","6159"],["1970","6556"],["1971","5964"],["1972","5868"],["1973","5810"],["1974","5304"],["1975","5219"],["1976","5660"],["1977","5809"],["1978","5492"],["1979","5274"],["1980","5049"],["1981","5224"],["1982","5342"],["1983","5555"],["1984","5784"],["1985","5715"],["1986","6093"],["1987","6816"],["1988","6437"],["1989","6452"],["1990","7100"],["1991","7033"],["1992","7663"],["1993","7914"],["1994","7844"],["1995","8212"],["1996","8759"],["1997","8557"],["1998","9232"],["1999","9617"],["2000","11475"],["2001","10985"],["2002","11833"],["2003","14625"],["2004","16986"],["2005","15717"],["2006","18466"],["2007","20236"],["2008","30373"]]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of superhuman in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of superhuman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of superhuman in a Sentence
She is not human, she has superhuman DNA.
Remind yourself regularly that you are better than you think you are. Successful people are not superhuman. Success does not require a super-intellect. Nor is there anything mystical about success. And success doesn't based on luck. Successful people are just ordinary folks who have developed belief in themselves and what they do. Never -- yes, never -- sell yourself short.
Black men are always perceived as being taller, more aggressive, or violent, more prone to conflict, more athletic than they actually are, and it's those social perceptions that have been linked to forms of dehumanization -- likening them to apes, sorts of primal beasts and animals -- that fit into how we think of Black men, both as athletes and as kind of super predators, as superhuman.
For the skeptic there remains only one consolation if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.
I have always had confidence, at the end of the day if you cut our skin, we all bleed red. Nobody is Superman, nobody is superhuman.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
References
Translations for superhuman
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- nadlidskýCzech
- übermenschlichGerman
- υπεράνθρωποςGreek
- superhomaEsperanto
- sobrehumanoSpanish
- فوق بشریPersian
- yli-inhimillinenFinnish
- wyattjanningFrench
- aos síIrish
- महामानवHindi
- գերաշխարհ մաքուր անձArmenian
- supermanusiaIndonesian
- sovrumanoItalian
- 超人Japanese
- 초인Korean
- divinus, excedentemLatin
- натчовечкиMacedonian
- bovenmenselijkDutch
- overmenneskeligNorwegian
- nadczłowiekPolish
- sobre-humanoPortuguese
- supraomeneascăRomanian
- сверхчелове́ческийRussian
- mbinjerëzorAlbanian
- övermänskligSwedish
- -a binadamu wa ajabuSwahili
- суперлюдинаUkrainian
- איינזאצייטיקערYiddish
Get even more translations for superhuman »
Translation
Find a translation for the superhuman definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"superhuman." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2025. Web. 8 Jan. 2025. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/superhuman>.
Discuss these superhuman definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In