adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- heroic deeds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Homeric
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
heroic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/
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General-American: /hɪˈɹoʊ.ɪk/
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rhymes with -əʊɪk
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CMU ARPABET: HH IH0 R OW1 IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Courageous; displaying heroism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of a size larger than life, but less than colossal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: sculpture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A heroic verse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- heroic legends
- the heroic age
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy
- heroic explorers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heroical
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort- G.C.Marshall
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber
- the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war
- they took heroic measures to save his life
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: desperate
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an expansive lifestyle
- in the grand manner
- collecting on a grand scale
- heroic undertakings
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: expansive, grand
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an epic voyage
- of heroic proportions
- heroic sculpture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: epic, larger-than-life
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heroic verse, heroic meter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: epic poem, heroic poem, epic, epos
History
Etymology
Partly from Middle French heroïque and partly from Latin hērōicus. By surface analysis, hero + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: հերոսական (herosakan) — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Belarusian: геро́йскі (hjerójski) — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Bulgarian: геро́йски (gerójski) — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Catalan: heroic — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Chinese: 豪邁 /豪迈 (hô-māi) — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Danish: heroisk — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Esperanto: heroa — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- French: héroïque — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Galician: heroico — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Greek: ηρωικός (iroïkós) — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Indonesian: heroik — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Irish: gaisciúil — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Italian: eroico — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Macedonian: херојски (herojski) — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Norwegian Bokmål: heroisk — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Norwegian Nynorsk: heroisk — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Polish: bohaterski — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Polish: heroiczny — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Portuguese: heróico — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Romanian: eroic — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Russian: геро́йский (gerójskij) — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Swedish: heroisk — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Ottoman Turkish: قوچاق (koçak) — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Ukrainian: геро́йський (herójsʹkyj) — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Ukrainian: звитя́жний (zvytjážnyj) — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Volapük: heroedanik — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Volapük: hiheroedanik — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Volapük: jiheroedanik — of or relating to a hero or heroine
- Arabic: بُطُولِيّ (buṭūliyy) — of or relating to heroism
- Armenian: հերոսական (herosakan) — of or relating to heroism
- Belarusian: гераі́чны (hjeraíčny) — of or relating to heroism
- Belarusian: геро́йскі (hjerójski) — of or relating to heroism
- Bulgarian: герои́чен (geroíčen) — of or relating to heroism
- Catalan: heroic — of or relating to heroism
- Czech: hrdinský — of or relating to heroism
- Czech: heroický — of or relating to heroism
- Danish: heltemodig — of or relating to heroism
- Danish: heroisk — of or relating to heroism
- Dutch: heldhaftig — of or relating to heroism
- Dutch: heroïsch — of or relating to heroism
- Esperanto: heroa — of or relating to heroism
- Finnish: sankarillinen — of or relating to heroism
- Finnish: urhoollinen — of or relating to heroism
- French: héroïque — of or relating to heroism
- Galician: heroico — of or relating to heroism
- Georgian: გმირული (gmiruli) — of or relating to heroism
- German: heldenhaft — of or relating to heroism
- German: heroisch — of or relating to heroism
- Greek: ηρωικός (iroïkós) — of or relating to heroism
- Ancient Greek: ἀγήνωρ (agḗnōr) — of or relating to heroism
- Ido: heroala — of or relating to heroism
- Ido: heroatra — of or relating to heroism
- Irish: laochúil — of or relating to heroism
- Kazakh: қаһармандық (qaharmandyq) — of or relating to heroism
- Kazakh: ерлік (erlık) — of or relating to heroism
- Kazakh: батырлық (batyrlyq) — of or relating to heroism
- Macedonian: херојски (herojski) — of or relating to heroism
- Norwegian Bokmål: heroisk — of or relating to heroism
- Norwegian Nynorsk: heroisk — of or relating to heroism
- Occitan: eroïc — of or relating to heroism
- Polish: bohaterski — of or relating to heroism
- Polish: heroiczny — of or relating to heroism
- Portuguese: heróico — of or relating to heroism
- Romanian: eroic — of or relating to heroism
- Russian: герои́ческий (geroíčeskij) — of or relating to heroism
- Russian: геро́йский (gerójskij) — of or relating to heroism
- Serbo-Croatian: ју̀на̄чкӣ — of or relating to heroism
- Serbo-Croatian: хѐро̄јски — of or relating to heroism
- Serbo-Croatian: jùnāčkī — of or relating to heroism
- Serbo-Croatian: hèrōjskī — of or relating to heroism
- Slovak: hrdinský — of or relating to heroism
- Slovak: heroický — of or relating to heroism
- Slovene: junaški — of or relating to heroism
- Spanish: heroico — of or relating to heroism
- Swedish: heroisk — of or relating to heroism
- Ottoman Turkish: قوچاق (koçak) — of or relating to heroism
- Ukrainian: герої́чний (herojíčnyj) — of or relating to heroism
- Ukrainian: геро́йський (herójsʹkyj) — of or relating to heroism
- Ukrainian: звитя́жний (zvytjážnyj) — of or relating to heroism
- Volapük: heroedik — of or relating to heroism
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