Definition of hero, Meaning of hero, Translation of hero

football hero Click to Search football hero
noun a football player who has achieved a reputation for success • Hypernyms: football player, footballer

hero Click to Search hero
noun 1. a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength (Freq. 19) - example : RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain • Derivationally related forms: heroical • Hypernyms: leader • Instance Hyponyms: Arminius, Armin, Hermann, Job 2. the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem (Freq. 10) • Hypernyms: character, role, theatrical role, part, persona 3. someone who fights for a cause (Freq. 1) • Syn: champion, fighter, paladin • Derivationally related forms: heroical, fight (for: fighter), champion (for: champion) • Hypernyms: defender, guardian, protector, shielder 4. (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god • Derivationally related forms: heroical • Topics: classical mythology • Hypernyms: mythical being 5. a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States • Syn: bomber, grinder, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep • Hypernyms: sandwich

Hero Click to Search Hero
noun 1. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) • Syn: Heron, Hero of Alexandria • Instance Hypernyms: mathematician, inventor, discoverer, artificer 2. (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her • Topics: Greek mythology • Instance Hypernyms: mythical being

Hero of Alexandria Click to Search Hero of Alexandria
noun Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) • Syn: Hero, Heron • Instance Hypernyms: mathematician, inventor, discoverer, artificer

hero sandwich Click to Search hero sandwich
noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States • Syn: bomber, grinder, hero, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep • Hypernyms: sandwich

hero worship Click to Search hero worship
noun admiration for great men (or their memory) • Hypernyms: admiration, esteem

hero worshiper Click to Search hero worshiper
noun someone who worships heroes • Syn: hero worshipper • Hypernyms: worshiper, worshipper

hero worshipper Click to Search hero worshipper
noun someone who worships heroes (Freq. 1) • Syn: hero worshiper • Hypernyms: worshiper, worshipper

Herod Click to Search Herod
noun king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC) • Syn: Herod the Great • Instance Hypernyms: king, male monarch, Rex

Herod the Great Click to Search Herod the Great
noun king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC) • Syn: Herod • Instance Hypernyms: king, male monarch, Rex

Herodotus Click to Search Herodotus
noun the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC) • Instance Hypernyms: historian, historiographer

heroic Click to Search heroic
I noun a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter • Syn: heroic verse, heroic meter • Hypernyms: epic poem, heroic poem, epic, epos II adjective 1. very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale) (Freq. 5) - example : an epic voyage - example : of heroic proportions - example : heroic sculpture • Syn: epic, larger-than-life • Similar to: large, big 2. relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity (Freq. 2) - example : heroic legends - example : the heroic age • Pertains to noun: hero 3. having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes (Freq. 2) - example : the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy - example : heroic explorers • Syn: heroical • Similar to: bold • Derivationally related forms: hero (for: heroical) 4. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope (Freq. 1) - example : an expansive lifestyle - example : in the grand manner - example : collecting on a grand scale - example : heroic undertakings • Syn: expansive, grand • Similar to: impressive • Derivationally related forms: grandness (for: grand), expansivity (for: expansive), expansiveness (for: expansive) 5. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort - example : made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber - example : "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall - example : they took heroic measures to save his life • Syn: desperate • Similar to: brave, courageous

heroic couplet Click to Search heroic couplet
noun a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style • Hypernyms: couplet

heroic meter Click to Search heroic meter
noun a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter • Syn: heroic verse, heroic • Hypernyms: epic poem, heroic poem, epic, epos

heroic poem Click to Search heroic poem
noun a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds • Syn: epic poem, epic, epos • Derivationally related forms: epic (for: epos), epic (for: epic), epical (for: epic) • Hypernyms: poem, verse form • Hyponyms: chanson de geste, rhapsody, heroic verse, heroic meter, heroic • Instance Hyponyms: Aeneid, Divine Comedy, Divina Commedia, Iliad, Odyssey, Nibelungenlied

heroic poetry Click to Search heroic poetry
noun poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero • Syn: epic poetry • Hypernyms: poetry, poesy, verse

heroic stanza Click to Search heroic stanza
noun a quatrain consisting of two heroic couplets written in an elevated style; the rhyme scheme is abab • Hypernyms: quatrain

heroic tale Click to Search heroic tale
noun a story of an adventure • Syn: adventure story • Hypernyms: story • Hyponyms: thriller, saga

heroic verse Click to Search heroic verse
noun a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter • Syn: heroic meter, heroic • Hypernyms: epic poem, heroic poem, epic, epos

Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza Click to Search Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza
noun a city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau • Syn: Puebla, Puebla de Zaragoza • Regions: Mexico, United Mexican States • Instance Hypernyms: city, metropolis, urban center • Part Holonyms: Mexico, United Mexican States

heroical Click to Search heroical
adjective having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes - example : the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy - example : heroic explorers • Syn: heroic • Similar to: bold • Derivationally related forms: hero

heroically Click to Search heroically
adverb in a heroic manner - example : he become reconciled to not dying heroically in her arms • Derived from adjective: heroic

heroics Click to Search heroics
noun ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct (Freq. 1) - example : heroics are for those epic films they make in Hollywood • Usage Domain: plural, plural form • Hypernyms: acting, playing, playacting, performing

heroin Click to Search heroin
noun a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush • Syn: diacetylmorphine • Hypernyms: opiate, hard drug • Hyponyms: big H, hell dust, nose drops, smack, thunder, skag, scag

heroin addict Click to Search heroin addict
noun someone addicted to heroin • Hypernyms: drug addict, junkie, junky

heroin addiction Click to Search heroin addiction
noun an addiction to heroin • Hypernyms: drug addiction, white plague

heroine Click to Search heroine
noun 1. the main good female character in a work of fiction (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: character, role, theatrical role, part, persona 2. a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds • Hypernyms: woman, adult female • Instance Hyponyms: Judith, McCauley, Mary McCauley, Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, Molly Pitcher

heroism Click to Search heroism
noun the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) (Freq. 2) - example : he showed great heroism in battle - example : he received a medal for valor • Syn: gallantry, valor, valour, valorousness, valiance, valiancy • Derivationally related forms: valiant (for: valiancy), valorous (for: valorousness), valorous (for: valor) • Hypernyms: courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness

heron Click to Search heron
noun grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill • Hypernyms: wading bird, wader • Hyponyms: great blue heron, Ardea herodius, great white heron, Ardea occidentalis, egret, little blue heron, Egretta caerulea, night heron, night raven, boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius, bittern • Member Holonyms: Ardeidae, family Ardeidae

Heron Click to Search Heron
noun Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) • Syn: Hero, Hero of Alexandria • Instance Hypernyms: mathematician, inventor, discoverer, artificer

heronry Click to Search heronry
noun a breeding ground for herons; a heron rookery • Hypernyms: rookery

heron's bill Click to Search heron's bill
noun any of various plants of the genus Erodium • Syn: storksbill • Hypernyms: geranium • Hyponyms: redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, clocks, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium, musk clover, muskus grass, white-stemmed filaree, Erodium moschatum, Texas storksbill, Erodium texanum • Member Holonyms: Erodium, genus Erodium

hero-worship Click to Search hero-worship
verb love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol - example : Many teenagers idolized the Beatles • Syn: idolize, idolise, worship, revere • Derivationally related forms: reverent (for: revere), reverence (for: revere), worship (for: worship), worshiper (for: worship), worshipper (for: worship), idolisation (for: idolise), idol (for: idolise), idolization (for: idolize), idolizer (for: idolize), idol (for: idolize) • Hypernyms: adore • Hyponyms: drool over, slobber over • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something - example : Somebody ----s somebody - example : Sam cannot hero-worship Sue

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