superman

Other forms of superman

plural

supermans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about superman

What does superman mean?

superman means "a person with great powers and abilities". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in superman?

superman has 3 syllables: su-per-man. The stress falls on "su". In IPA it is /ˈsupɚmən/.

What is another word for superman?

Close synonyms include demigod, Ubermensch, acid, back breaker, battery-acid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is superman a common word?

superman is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.