Meanings
user1
nounuser (plural users)
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.
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[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 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.
2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 88452019, The Highway Code (United Kingdom) Road Users Requiring Extra Care 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. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/road-users-requiring-extra-care-204-to-225
- InternetabbreviationclippinginformalClipping of username.
- datedlawIn 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.
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2012, R. (Stephen Malpass) v Durham County Council, [2012] EWHC 1934 (Admin) http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2012/1934.html 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...
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Synonyms & antonyms
one that unfairly takes advantage of or exploits
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Broader
nouna person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically
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selfish person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
user · noun
- Middle Englishusere
- Englishuser
From Middle English usere, equivalent to use + -er. Cognate with Scots usar, uiser (“user”).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans gebruiker
- gebruikerperson who uses a computer
Arabic مُسْتَعْمِل, مُسْتَخْدِم
- مُسْتَعْمِل (mustaʕmil)one who uses something, a consumer
- مُسْتَخْدِم (mustaḵdim)one who uses something, a consumer
- مُسْتَخْدِم (mustaḵdim)person who uses a computer
- مُسْتَخْدِمَة (mustaḵdima)person who uses a computer
Basque erabiltzaile, erabiltzaile
- erabiltzaileone who uses something, a consumer
- erabiltzaileperson who uses a computer
Bengali ব্যবহারকারী
- ব্যবহারকারী (bêboharkari)person who uses a computer
Bulgarian потреби́тел, потреби́телка
- потреби́тел (potrebítel)one who uses something, a consumer
- потреби́телка (potrebítelka)one who uses something, a consumer
- потреби́тел (potrebítel)one who uses drugs
- използва́ч (izpolzváč)exploiter
- потреби́тел (potrebítel)person who uses a computer
- потреби́телка (potrebítelka)person who uses a computer
Catalan usuari, usuari
- usuarione who uses something, a consumer
- usuariperson who uses a computer
- usuàriaperson who uses a computer
Chinese Cantonese 用戶 /用户
- 用戶 /用户 (jung⁶ wu⁶)person who uses a computer
Chinese Mandarin 使用者, 用戶 /用户
- 使用者 (shǐyòngzhě)one who uses something, a consumer
- 用戶 /用户 (yònghù)one who uses something, a consumer
- 用戶 /用户 (yònghù)person who uses a computer
Czech spotřebitel, uživatel
- spotřebitelone who uses something, a consumer
- uživatelone who uses something, a consumer
- spotřebitelkaone who uses something, a consumer
- uživatelkaone who uses something, a consumer
- uživatelperson who uses a computer
- uživatelkaperson who uses a computer
Danish bruger, konsument
- brugerone who uses something, a consumer
- konsumentone who uses something, a consumer
- misbrugerone who uses drugs
- udbytterexploiter
- brugerperson who uses a computer
Dutch gebruiker, gebruikster
- gebruikerone who uses something, a consumer
- gebruiksterone who uses something, a consumer
- druggebruikerone who uses drugs
- gebruikerperson who uses a computer
- gebruiksterperson who uses a computer
Esperanto uzanto, uzanto
- uzantoone who uses something, a consumer
- uzantoperson who uses a computer
Estonian tarbija, väärtarbija
- tarbijaone who uses something, a consumer
- väärtarbijaone who uses drugs
- ärakasutajaexploiter
- kasutajaperson who uses a computer
Finnish käyttäjä, kuluttaja
- käyttäjäone who uses something, a consumer
- kuluttajaone who uses something, a consumer
- väärinkäyttäjäone who uses drugs
- käyttäjäone who uses drugs
- hyväksikäyttäjäexploiter
- käyttäjäperson who uses a computer
French consommateur, utilisateur
- consommateurone who uses something, a consumer
- utilisateurone who uses something, a consumer
- utilisateurperson who uses a computer
- utilisatriceperson who uses a computer
German Benutzer, Verbraucher
- Benutzerone who uses something, a consumer
- Verbraucherone who uses something, a consumer
- Drogenkonsumentone who uses drugs
- Benutzerperson who uses a computer
- Benutzerinperson who uses a computer
- Anwenderperson who uses a computer
- Anwenderinperson who uses a computer
Greek χρήστης, χρήστρια
- χρήστης (chrístis)one who uses something, a consumer
- χρήστρια (chrístria)one who uses something, a consumer
- χρήστης ναρκωτικών (chrístis narkotikón)one who uses drugs
- χρήστρια ναρκωτικών (chrístria narkotikón)one who uses drugs
- χρήστης (chrístis)person who uses a computer
- χρήστρια (chrístria)person who uses a computer
Hebrew מִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ, מִשְׁתַּמֶּשֶׁת
- מִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ (mishtamésh)person who uses a computer
- מִשְׁתַּמֶּשֶׁתperson who uses a computer
Hindi उपयोगकर्ता, उपभोक्ता
- उपयोगकर्ता (upyogkartā)one who uses something, a consumer
- उपभोक्ता (upbhoktā)one who uses something, a consumer
- भोक्ता (bhoktā)one who uses something, a consumer
- चरसी (carsī)one who uses drugs
- भंगी (bhaṅgī)one who uses drugs
- भँगेड़ी (bhaṅgeṛī)one who uses drugs
- सदस्य (sadasya)person who uses a computer
Hungarian felhasználó, használó
- felhasználóone who uses something, a consumer
- használóone who uses something, a consumer
- drogfogyasztóone who uses drugs
- felhasználóperson who uses a computer
Icelandic notandi, eiturlyfjanotandi
- notandione who uses something, a consumer
- eiturlyfjanotandione who uses drugs
- dópistione who uses drugs
- tölvunotandiperson who uses a computer
- notandiperson who uses a computer
Indonesian konsumen, pengguna
- konsumenone who uses something, a consumer
- penggunaperson who uses a computer
Italian utente, utente
- utenteone who uses something, a consumer
- utenteperson who uses a computer
Japanese 消費者, 利用者
- 消費者 (shōhisha)one who uses something, a consumer
- 利用者 (riyōsha)one who uses something, a consumer
- 使用者 (shiyōsha)one who uses something, a consumer
- ユーザー (yūzā)one who uses something, a consumer
- ユーザ (yūza)one who uses something, a consumer
- 利用者 (riyōsha)person who uses a computer
- ユーザー (yūzā)person who uses a computer
- ユーザ (yūza)person who uses a computer
Korean 사용자, 이용자
- 사용자 (sayongja)one who uses something, a consumer
- 이용자 (iyongja)one who uses something, a consumer
- 리용자 (riyongja)one who uses something, a consumer
- 유저 (yujeo)one who uses something, a consumer
- 사용자 (sayongja)person who uses a computer
- 이용자 (iyongja)person who uses a computer
- 리용자 (riyongja)person who uses a computer
- 유저 (yujeo)person who uses a computer
Latin utilitor, usor
- utilitorone who uses something, a consumer
- usorperson who uses a computer
Latvian lietotājs, lietētāja
- lietotājsone who uses something, a consumer
- lietētājaone who uses something, a consumer
- jūzerisone who uses something, a consumer
- narkomānsone who uses drugs
- patērētājsexploiter
- patērētājaexploiter
- lietotājsperson who uses a computer
- lietētājaperson who uses a computer
- jūzerisperson who uses a computer
Lithuanian naudotojas, naudotoja
- naudotojasone who uses something, a consumer
- naudotojaone who uses something, a consumer
- naudotojasperson who uses a computer
- naudotojaperson who uses a computer
Malay pengguna, pengamal
- penggunaone who uses something, a consumer
- pengamalone who uses something, a consumer
- penggunaone who uses drugs
- penyalah gunaexploiter
- penggunaperson who uses a computer
Māori kaiwhakamahi, parakūkā
- kaiwhakamahione who uses something, a consumer
- parakūkāexploiter
- kaipaokeexploiter
- kaiwhakamahiperson who uses a computer
Norwegian Bokmål bruker, bruker
- brukerone who uses something, a consumer
- brukerperson who uses a computer
Polish użytkownik, użytkowniczka
- użytkownikone who uses something, a consumer
- użytkowniczkaone who uses something, a consumer
- użytkownikperson who uses a computer
- użytkowniczkaperson who uses a computer
Portuguese consumidor, usuário
- consumidorone who uses something, a consumer
- usuárioone who uses something, a consumer
- utilizadorone who uses something, a consumer
- usuárioone who uses drugs
- toxicodependenteone who uses drugs
- drogadoone who uses drugs
- exploradorexploiter
- utilizadorperson who uses a computer
- utilizadoraperson who uses a computer
- usuárioperson who uses a computer
- usuáriaperson who uses a computer
Punjabi وَرتَݨ, ਵਰਤਣ
- وَرتَݨ (vartaṇ)one who uses something, a consumer
- ਵਰਤਣ (vartaṇ)one who uses something, a consumer
- ਵਰਤੋਂਕਾਰ (vartoṅkār)person who uses a computer
Romanian utilizator, consumator
- utilizatorone who uses something, a consumer
- consumatorone who uses something, a consumer
- narcomanone who uses drugs
- toxicomanone who uses drugs
- exploatatorexploiter
- utilizatorperson who uses a computer
- utilizatoareperson who uses a computer
Russian потреби́тель, потреби́тельница
- потреби́тель (potrebítelʹ)one who uses something, a consumer
- потреби́тельница (potrebítelʹnica)one who uses something, a consumer
- клие́нт (klijént)one who uses something, a consumer
- наркома́н (narkomán)one who uses drugs
- наркома́нка (narkománka)one who uses drugs
- манипуля́тор (manipuljátor)exploiter
- по́льзователь (pólʹzovatelʹ)person who uses a computer
- по́льзовательница (pólʹzovatelʹnica)person who uses a computer
- ю́зер (júzer)person who uses a computer
- уча́стник (učástnik)person who uses a computer
Scottish Gaelic cleachdaiche, cleachdaiche
- cleachdaicheone who uses something, a consumer
- cleachdaicheperson who uses a computer
Slovak spotrebiteľ, užívateľ
- spotrebiteľone who uses something, a consumer
- užívateľone who uses something, a consumer
- spotrebiteľkaone who uses something, a consumer
- užívateľkaone who uses something, a consumer
- užívateľperson who uses a computer
- užívateľkaperson who uses a computer
Spanish usuario, usador
- usuarioone who uses something, a consumer
- usadorone who uses something, a consumer
- usuarioperson who uses a computer
- usuariaperson who uses a computer
Swahili mtumiaji, mlanguzi
- mtumiajione who uses something, a consumer
- mlanguzione who uses drugs
- mtumiziexploiter
- mtumiajiperson who uses a computer
Swedish användare, brukare
- användareone who uses something, a consumer
- brukareone who uses something, a consumer
- brukareone who uses drugs
- missbrukare (addictive use)one who uses drugs
- användareperson who uses a computer
Tamil நுகர்வோர், பயனர்
- நுகர்வோர் (nukarvōr)one who uses something, a consumer
- பயனர் (payaṉar)person who uses a computer
Thai ผู้ใช้
- ผู้ใช้ (pûu-chái)person who uses a computer
Turkish tüketici, kullanıcı
- tüketicione who uses something, a consumer
- kullanıcıone who uses something, a consumer
- sömürücüexploiter
- kullanıcıperson who uses a computer
Ukrainian спожива́ч, спожива́чка
- спожива́ч (spožyváč)one who uses something, a consumer
- спожива́чка (spožyváčka)one who uses something, a consumer
- наркома́н (narkomán)one who uses drugs
- наркома́нка (narkománka)one who uses drugs
- користува́ч (korystuváč)person who uses a computer
- користува́чка (korystuváčka)person who uses a computer
Urdu صارِف, صارِف
- صارِف (sārif)one who uses something, a consumer
- صارِف (sārif)person who uses a computer
Vietnamese thành viên
- thành viênperson who uses a computer
Welsh defnyddiwr, defnyddwraig
- defnyddiwrperson who uses a computer
- defnyddwraigperson who uses a computer
Yiddish באַניצער
- באַניצער (banitser)person who uses a computer
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with user
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Cite this entry
APA
user. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/user
MLA
“user.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/user. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “user,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/user.
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