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SUPERMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does superman mean?
• SUPERMAN (noun)
The noun SUPERMAN has 2 senses:
1. a person with great powers and abilities
2. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
Familiarity information: SUPERMAN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person with great powers and abilities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
demigod; superman; Ubermensch
Hypernyms ("superman" is a kind of...):
leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
acid; back breaker; battery-acid; dose; dot; Elvis; loony toons; Lucy in the sky with diamonds; pane; superman; window pane; Zen
Hypernyms ("superman" is a kind of...):
LSD; lysergic acid diethylamide (a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid)
Context examples
Just say the word,—teetotal, vegetarian, aeronaut, theosophist, superman.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Ever since their crowning triumph with the ape-men they looked upon us as supermen, who bore victory in the tubes of strange weapons, and they believed that so long as we remained with them good fortune would be theirs.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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