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uber

UK/ˈuːbə//ˈuːbəɹ/

uber adjective: super; high-level; high-ranking. Also the alternative letter-case form of Uber.

Adjective

uber (not comparable)

  1. Super; high-level; high-ranking.
    • people in Team GameAxis are no different from the rest of us although many would think them as uber geeks2006 February, GameAxis Unwired, number 30, page 4
    • The fiasco begins with a call from Jaine's high-school nemesis, uber rich uber witch Patti Devane2008, Laura Levine, Killing Bridezilla

Adverb

uber (not comparable)

  1. Very; super.
    • The fiasco begins with a call from Jaine's high-school nemesis, uber rich uber witch Patti Devane2008, Laura Levine, Killing Bridezilla
    • Admittedly, churches do some incredibly goofy things when they pursue relevance for the sake of being uber hip and ultra cool. One pastor I know got so many piercings that he looked like a rack of lures at the Bass Pro Shop2009, Mark Driscoll with Gerry Breshears, Vintage Church: Timeless Truths and Timely Methods, page 268

Noun capitalized: Uber

IPA/ˈuːbə(ɹ)/

Uber (plural Ubers)

  1. A car ride requested using the mobile application Uber.
    • Simply because there are more drivers who have signed up to partner with Uber than there are yellow taxis does not mean that there are more Ubers on the road.2016, Jared Meyer, Uber-Positive: Why Americans Love the Sharing Economy, Encounter Books, →ISBN
    • It all comes back to two highly compelling moments. The moment you requested an Uber and the moment you exited the car with a mere thank-you.2016, Aaron Keller, Renée Marino, Dan Wallace, The Physics of Brand: Understand the Forces Behind Brands that Matter, Blue Ash, OH: HOW Books, →ISBN, page 143
  2. The vehicle used for the ride.
  3. One's passenger or driver on Uber.

Verb capitalized: Uber

IPA/ˈuːbə(ɹ)/

Uber (third-person singular simple present Ubers, present participle Ubering, simple past and past participle Ubered)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To travel by means of a mobile app-based ridesharing service, particularly but not necessarily Uber.
    • Should we take the train or should we just Uber?
    • You can Uber to the event and avoid the parking problem.2017 February 28, Adonis Hoffman, “Uber is on a collision course with regulators and lawyers”, in The Hill, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2023, retrieved 21 Mar 2017
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) To work or be employed as a driver for Uber.

Also used as

uber is also the alternative letter-case form of Uber.

uber meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

uber in Hindi

उबेर, उबर, ऊबर

uber in Tamil

உபெர், உபர், ஊபர்

uber in Marathi

उबेर, उबर, उबेरला

uber in Urdu

اوبر, اوبیر
More languagesFewer languages
uber in Bengali
উবার, উবের, উবেরের কাছে
uber in Telugu
ఉబెర్, ఉబర్, ఊబర్
uber in Malayalam
ഉബർ, ഊബർ, ഉബെർ
uber in Kannada
ಉಬರ್, ಊಬರ್, ಉಬೆರ್
uber in Punjabi
ਉਬੇਰ, ਊਬਰ, ਯੂਬਰ
uber in Gujarati
ઉબેર, ઉબર, ઉબાર
uber in Odia
ଉବେର, ଉବର୍, ଉବେରକୁ
uber in Nepali
उबेर, उबर, उबेरिं

Examples of uber in a sentence

  • I laughed, a deep croaking noise in the uber vamp's body2009, J. F. Lewis, ReVamped, page 208:
  • It's an orgy of perfectly choreographed cartoon uber violence and is the game the Devil May Cry series always promised but never delivered.2010 January 16, Nick Gillett, “This week's games reviews”, in The Guardian:
  • The film's parallel story depicts Max (Jason Patric) as an uber powerful operative, barking wild orders at right-hand man Wade (Holt McCallany)2010 April 29, “'Losers' minus one”, in Pasadena Weekly:

Forms of uber

Noun
pluralubers
pluralUbers
alternative formuber
Verb
third-person singular presentubers
present participleubering
past participleubered
pastubered
third-person singular presentUbers
present participleUbering
past participleUbered
pastUbered

Origin of uber

From German über (“above”, preposition), which is also used as a prefix (über-); cognate with over. Entered English through Nietzsche's use of the word Übermensch. Doublet of over, super, and hyper.

The company's name is from uber, from German über (“above, over”), as in “above all the rest (of the competition),” a principle the founders wanted to build upon.

Words formed from uber

Phrases with uber

Words that rhyme with uber

Questions about uber

What does uber mean?
Uber means super; high-level; high-ranking.
What is uber in Hindi?
Uber in Hindi is उबेर, उबर, ऊबर. See Uber meaning in Hindi.
How do you use uber in a sentence?
I laughed, a deep croaking noise in the uber vamp's body
What part of speech is uber?
Uber can be an adjective, an adverb, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce uber?
Uber is pronounced /ˈuːbə/ (UK).

Words near uber in the dictionary

  1. UBC
  2. UBCs
  3. ube
  4. Ubel
  5. ubenimex
  6. uber
  7. uber fan
  8. uber fans
  9. uber nerd
  10. uber nerds
  11. Uber problem

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: uber (page history and authors); Uber (page history and authors); uber (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uber (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uber (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uber (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uber (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uber (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uber (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uber (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uber (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uber (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uber (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uber (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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