Definition of USER

user

Meanings

Plural: users

Noun

  • a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
  • a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically
  • a person who takes drugs
  • One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
  • 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.
  • Clipping of username.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English usere, equivalent to use + -er. Cognate with Scots usar, uiser (“user”).

Synonyms

drug user, exploiter, parasite, substance abuser

Antonyms

non-user, nonuser

Scrabble Score: 4

user is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
user is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
user is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

user is a valid Words With Friends word