user
Syllables: us·erUK/ˈjuːzə//ˈjuzɚ/
user noun: one who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser. Also the clipping of username.
Noun (1)
user (plural users)
- One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
- [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July...2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845
- The most vulnerable road users are pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and horse riders. It is particularly important to be aware of children, older and disabled people, and learner and inexperienced drivers and riders....2019, The Highway Code (United Kingdom) Road Users Requiring Extra Care
- A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
- A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.
- An exploiter, an abuser (a person who exploits others, that is treats and regards people unfairly, selfishly or unethically).
- In land law, meaning either 1. or 2. above or use. Usually in singular form to mean use wherever there is assiduous re-use of precedents and aloof textbooks verbatim.
- As to evidence of user...
- As to quality of user (i.e. was use by the public "as of right"), the inspector found that the grass over the whole of the application land has been regularly cut...
- ...which the inspector did not find sufficient of itself to render user permissive. Moreover, the defendant could not, the inspector advised, rely on communication to users that access to the land was regulated. Deferment to users of the organised pitches...2012, R. (Stephen Malpass) v Durham County Council, [2012] EWHC 1934 (Admin) http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2012/1934.html
Noun (2) capitalized: useR
useR (plural useRs)
- Someone who uses the R programming language.
Also used as
user is also the clipping of username.
user meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
user in Hindi
- person who uses a computer
- सदस्य sadasya
- one who uses something, a consumer
- उपयोगकर्ता upyogkartā, उपभोक्ता upbhoktā, भोक्ता bhoktā
- one who uses drugs
- चरसी carsī, भंगी bhaṅgī, भँगेड़ी bhaṅgeṛī
user in Tamil
- person who uses a computer
- பயனர் payaṉar
- one who uses something, a consumer
- நுகர்வோர் nukarvōr
user in Marathi
- person who uses a computer
- सदस्य sadasya
user in Urdu
- person who uses a computer
- صارِف sārif
- one who uses something, a consumer
- صارِف sārif
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- user in Bengali
- ব্যবহারকারী bêboharkari
- user in Telugu
- వాడుకరి vāḍukari
- user in Malayalam
- ഉപയോക്താവ് upayōktāvŭ, ഉപഭോക്താവ് upabhōktāvŭ
- user in Kannada
- ಸದಸ್ಯ sadasya
- user in Punjabi
- ਵਰਤੋਂਕਾਰ vartoṅkār, وَرتَݨ vartaṇ, ਵਰਤਣ vartaṇ
- user in Gujarati
- સભ્ય sabhya
- user in Odia
- ବ୍ୟବହାରକାରୀ byabahārakāri
- user in Sanskrit
- सदस्य sadasya
- user in Sinhala
- පරිශීලක pariśīlaka
- user in Assamese
- সদস্য xodoisso, ব্যৱহাৰকাৰী byowoharkari, ইউজাৰ iuzar
- user in Nepali
- प्रयोगकर्ता prayogakartā
- user in Pashto
- کارن, کاروونکی kārawúnkay
- user in Arabic
- مُسْتَخْدِم mustaḵdim, مُسْتَخْدِمَة mustaḵdima, مُسْتَعْمِل mustaʕmil
- user in Malay
- pengguna, pengamal, penyalah guna
- user in Indonesian
- pengguna, konsumen
- user in Thai
- ผู้ใช้ pûu-chái
- user in Vietnamese
- thành viên
- user in Myanmar
- သုံးစွဲသူ sum:cwai:su, အသုံးပြုသူ a.sum:pru.su
Examples of user in a sentence
- I couldn't save my changes because another user had the same file open.
- There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
- Since most users on the site are westerners, we have banned Unicode in all text input boxes.
Synonyms of user
Antonyms
Forms of user
| plural | users |
|---|---|
| plural | useRs |
Origin of user
From Middle English usere, equivalent to use + -er. Cognate with Scots usar, uiser (“user”).
Blend of user + R.
Words formed from user
- 10-foot user interface
- character user interface
- CheckUser
- drug user
- end-user
- end user
- end user license agreement
- graphical user interface
- healthy user bias
- interuser
- luser
- magic user
- mail user agent
- multi-user dungeon
- multi-user
- multiuser
- natural user interface
- overuser
- power user
- re-user
- road user
- root user
- single-user
- subuser
- super-user
- superuser
- underuser
- user account
- user agent
- userbase
- user base
- userbox
- usercentricity
- user-centric
- usercentric
- user charge
- user control
- User Datagram Protocol
- user-defined
- user-defined function
- user-defined graphic
- useress
- user experience
- user-friendliness
- user friendly
- user-friendly
- user-generated content
- user group
- userhood
- user-hostile
- user ID
- userland
- userless
- userlist
- usermode
- user name
- user page
- userpage
- userpass
- user plane
Phrases with user
- user IDs
- user time
- user bases
- user names
- user pages
- user story
- user times
- user agents
- user groups
- user guides
- zombie user
- use the user
17 more phrasesFewer phrases
- user charges
- user stories
- user accounts
- user controls
- J. Random User
- user interfaces
- wheelchair user
- mail user agents
- user experiences
- healthy user biases
- 10-foot user interfaces
- natural user interfaces
- ten-foot user interface
- ten-foot user interfaces
- character user interfaces
- graphical user interfaces
- end user license agreements
Words that rhyme with user
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Questions about user
- What does user mean?
- User means one who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
- What is user in Hindi?
- User in Hindi is सदस्य (sadasya), उपयोगकर्ता (upyogkartā), उपभोक्ता (upbhoktā). See User meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is user?
- User is a noun.
- How do you pronounce user?
- User is pronounced /ˈjuːzə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of user?
- The plural of user is users.
Words near user in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: user (page history and authors); useR (page history and authors). 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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