superman

A man with more than human powers.

An ideal superior man who, according to Nietzsche, forgoes transient pleasure, exercises creative power, lives at a level of experience beyond standards of good and evil, and is the goal of human evolution.

An imaginary superior being, the product of human evolution: conceived and vaguely characterized by Nietzsche: also used in a general sense. See the second extract.

same as overman, above.

a fictional character of cartoons, movies and television, with superhuman powers such as great strength, the ability to fly, and x-ray vision. In the cartoon tale, he was born on the planet Krypton and sent by his parents into space before it exploded, and landed on earth, where he fights for “truth, justice, and the American way”. He works incognito as a reporter at the Daily Planet, and is constantly trying to avoid the uncovering of his secret identity by a co-worker, Lois Lane.

An imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; übermensch.

A person of extraordinary or seemingly superhuman powers.

A motorcycling stunt in which the rider releases both hands from the handlebars in mid-air.

a person with great powers and abilities

street name for lysergic acid diethylamide