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superhuman

adjective
 
 
/ˌsuː.pəˈhjuː.mən/ US  /-pɚ-/

Definition

having more powers than, or seeming outside the powers of, a human: I'll never get all this work done in a week - I'm not superhuman! Thanks to the superhuman efforts of local volunteers, aid is now getting through to the disaster areas.Physically strong and powerful
(Definition of superhuman adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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