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user
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun user has 3 senses
- user(n = noun.person) Array - a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- user(n = noun.person) exploiter - a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically; Array is a kind of selfish person
- user(n = noun.person) drug user, substance abuser - a person who takes drugs; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
has particulars: consumer, end user, usufructuary, utiliser, utilizer, wearer
Derived form verb use1
Derived form verb use4
has particulars: addict, head, tripper
Derived form verb use2
CIDE DICTIONARY
user, n.
- One who uses. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Enjoyment of property; use. Mozley & W. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
user, n.
1 a person who uses (esp. a particular commodity or service, or a computer).
2 colloq. a drug addict.
3 Law the continued use or enjoyment of a right etc.
1 a person who uses (esp. a particular commodity or service, or a computer).
2 colloq. a drug addict.
3 Law the continued use or enjoyment of a right etc.
Idiom
right of user Law
1 a right to use.
2 a presumptive right arising from the user. user-friendly esp. Computing (of a machine or system) designed to be easy to use.
1 a right to use.
2 a presumptive right arising from the user. user-friendly esp. Computing (of a machine or system) designed to be easy to use.
THESAURUS
user
LSD user, acidhead, addict, alcoholic, buyer, chain smoker, cocaine sniffer, cokie, consumer, cubehead, dipsomaniac, dope fiend, doper, droit du seigneur, drug abuser, drug addict, drug user, drunkard, employer, enjoyer, enjoyment of property, fiend, freak, glue sniffer, habitual, head, heavy smoker, hophead, hype, imperfect usufruct, junkie, marijuana smoker, methhead, narcotics addict, operator, owner, perfect usufruct, pillhead, pothead, purchaser, right of use, snowbird, speed freak, tripper, usufruct
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