Usually means: Privileged user with administrative access.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word superuser:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. superuser: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. superuser: Wordnik
  3. superuser: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. superuser: Wiktionary
  5. superuser: Dictionary.com
  6. Superuser: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. superuser: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. superuser: CCI Computer
  3. superuser: Hacking Lexicon
  4. superuser: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (superuser)

▸ noun:  (computing) A user with complete access to the operating system and its configuration.

Similar:
super-user, superadministrator, superadmin, superhacker, supermanager, Super, supremist, superoverlord, overman, supremo, more...

Opposite:
regular user, standard user, non-administrator

Types:
administrator, root user, power user, more...

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Similar:
super-user, superadministrator, superadmin, superhacker, supermanager, Super, supremist, superoverlord, overman, supremo, more...

Opposite:
regular user, standard user, non-administrator

Types:
administrator, root user, power user, more...



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