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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Above or beyond the human; preternatural or supernatural.
  • adjective Beyond ordinary or normal human ability, power, or experience.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Above or beyond what is human; hence, sometimes, divine.
  • Synonyms Preternatural, etc. See supernatural.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Beyond what is possible for a human being.
  • noun A human being with remarkable abilities.
  • noun A fictional human being with superpowers.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance

Etymologies

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super- +‎ human

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