User

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjuːzÉ™(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -uːzÉ™(ɹ)

Origin

From Middle English user, equivalent to use + -er.

Full definition of user

Noun

1. One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer.
• 2013-07-20, Out of the gloom, 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.
2. A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
3. (computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.
4. (pejorative) An exploiter, an abusive user (a person who uses something or someone unfairly, selfishly and/or unethically).

Antonyms

• nonuser

Synonyms

• (one that unfairly takes advantage of or exploits) parasite

Derived terms

Anagrams

• rues
• ruse, Ruse
• sure