user

Meaning

1. One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
2. A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
3. A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.
4. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of username.
5. (derogatory) An exploiter, an abuser (a person who exploits others, that is treats and regards people unfairly, selfishly or unethically).
6. (dated) 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.

Synonyms

consumer

customer

decision-maker

exploiter

drug user

employer

buyer

addict

substance abuser

junkie

master

prodigal

purchasers

spender

spendthrift

subscriber

treater

understandability

users

utilizer

visitor

wearer

enjoyer

letter of recommendation

enduser

consumers

accounting information

drug taker

utiliser

qualitative characteristics of accounting information

accepter

customer subscriber

account debtor

boss

end user

end-user

expender

governor

host

member

operator

possessor

Translations

Benutzer

usuario

utilisateur

utente

gebruiker

usuário

usager

usuari

χρήστης

utilizador

kullanıcı

Anwender

consommateur

utilizzatore

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈjuːzə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: usere

Cognate with Scots: usar

In summary

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

Sentences

Early versions of talk did not separate text from each user .