user

noun
us·er
yo͞o′zər

One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.

Other meanings

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.

Antonyms

non-user

Related words

user-upper
character user interface
end user license agreement
graphical user interface
healthy user bias
mail user agent
multi-user dungeon
natural user interface
power user
re-user
single-user
super-user

Example sentences

“Would you like to become a trusted user?”
Tatoeba · TRANG · CC0
“The website was anything but user friendly.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "usere".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “user” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.