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heroic

  • adjective
  • he·ro·ic
  • /hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/

Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.

Other meanings

  1. courageous; displaying heroism.

  2. Of a size larger than life, but less than colossal.

Related words

  • antiheroic
  • heroically
  • heroic assumption
  • heroic cooling
  • heroic couplet
  • heroic dose
  • heroic epic
  • heroicize
  • heroicly
  • heroic medicine
  • heroic meter
  • heroicness

Word history

From Latin "hērōicus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “heroic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.