superhuman
above or beyond what is human; having a higher nature or greater powers than humans have: a superhuman being.
exceeding ordinary human power, achievement, experience, etc.: a superhuman effort.
Origin of superhuman
1Other words from superhuman
- su·per·hu·man·i·ty [soo-per-hyoo-man-i-tee or, often, -yoo-], /ˌsu pər hyuˈmæn ɪ ti or, often, -yu-/, su·per·hu·man·ness, noun
- su·per·hu·man·ly, adverb
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How to use superhuman in a sentence
While the company never released the data set, the system’s superhuman performance elevated deep learning to the de facto method for analyzing faces.
For the first time since I started playing this series 20 years ago, I felt a little scared, despite the fact that I am Agent 47, a genetically enhanced superhuman created to be the most efficient killer of man.
‘Hitman 3’ is the grandest stage for your own stories, even as it tries to end its own | Gene Park | January 19, 2021 | Washington PostUnfortunately, the minds of superhuman AIs are currently out of reach to us humans.
How Explainable Artificial Intelligence Can Help Humans Innovate | Forest Agostinelli | January 13, 2021 | Singularity HubIn a computer game, software can experiment endlessly, playing over and over again, improving gradually until it reaches superhuman skill, without causing any real-world harm.
Know when to fold ’em: How a company best known for playing games used A.I. to solve one of biology’s greatest mysteries | Jeremy Kahn | November 30, 2020 | FortuneDeepMind has already notched up a streak of wins, showcasing AIs that have learned to play a variety of complex games with superhuman skill, from Go and StarCraft to Atari’s entire back catalogue.
DeepMind’s protein-folding AI has solved a 50-year-old grand challenge of biology | Will Heaven | November 30, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
Special suits allow you and your team to hover over gaps and jump to superhuman heights.
Kevin Spacey Stars as a Frank Underwood-like Warmonger in ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ | Alec Kubas-Meyer | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn both cases, Lawrence is reacting authentically in the face of a public that expects actresses to be superhuman.
Jennifer Lawrence Shouldn’t Laugh Off Her Nude Photo Hack | Samantha Allen | September 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut tech geeks, with their superhuman ability to manipulate ones and zeroes, do.
Occupying the Throne: Justine Tunney, Neoreactionaries, and the New 1% | Arthur Chu | August 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt times, among her crowd of devotees, Clinton can sound almost superhuman.
As famous as the physician “god complex” may be, presumably nobody really thinks doctors have actual superhuman powers.
Doctors Can’t Prescribe a Magical Cure for Everything | Russell Saunders | March 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet if there is a measure of untruth in such pretty flatteries, one needs to be superhuman in order to condemn them harshly.
Children's Ways | James SullyHe does not know who she is; he has performed almost superhuman exploits to win her; but there is an obstacle to their union.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerYou set yourself a great task years ago, an almost superhuman task.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume III (of 3) | Charles James WillsA look of determination, arguing some superhuman resolve taken at the moment of death, or—can you read that face for me?
The Circular Study | Anna Katharine GreenI am certain that he is one of those devils who war against mankind, endowed by their Prince Satan with superhuman power.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander Dumas
British Dictionary definitions for superhuman
/ (ˌsuːpəˈhjuːmən) /
having powers above and beyond those of mankind
exceeding normal human ability or experience
Derived forms of superhuman
- superhumanity or superhumanness, noun
- superhumanly, adverb
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