Meanings
nounsuperwoman (plural superwomen)
plural superwomen
- A woman with superhuman powers.
"How much sleep will you get tonight?" I asked. "Three to five hours," she replied, making me feel a bit more like I was talking to someone from my own planet and not a bionic superwoman designed by a genetic engineer.
1999, J. Allan Hobson, Dreaming as Delirium: How the Brain Goes Out of Its Mind, page 229
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From super- + woman. From 1943's Superwoman, published by DC Comics in 1943.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali অতিমানবী
- অতিমানবী (otimanbi)exceptional woman
Czech superžena
- superženaexceptional woman
Esperanto superhomino
- superhominoexceptional woman
Finnish teräsnainen
- teräsnainenexceptional woman
French superfemme, surfemme
- superfemmeexceptional woman
- surfemmeexceptional woman
- superwomanexceptional woman
German Superfrau
- Superfrauexceptional woman
Hebrew אשת חיל
- אשת חיל (eshet khail)exceptional woman
Japanese スーパーウーマン
- スーパーウーマン (sūpāūman)exceptional woman
Korean 슈퍼우먼
- 슈퍼우먼 (syupeoumeon)exceptional woman
Polish superwoman
- superwomanexceptional woman
Spanish supermujer
- supermujerexceptional woman
Cite this entry
APA
superwoman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superwoman
MLA
“superwoman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superwoman. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superwoman,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superwoman.
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