hero
Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds.
Example
“My mom died a hero on duty.”
Other meanings
The protagonist in a work of fiction.
A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses.
Synonyms
- grinder
- poor boy
- sub
- submarine
- submarine sandwich
- torpedo
A kind of
- sandwich
Related words
- action hero
- an hero
- antihero
- anti-hero
- Byronic hero
- Clitar Hero
- culture hero
- hero syndrome
- cyberhero
- dark hero
- folk hero
- go from zero to hero
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἥρως" (demi-god, hero).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hero” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.