heroic
English
/hɪˈɹoʊ.ɪk/, /hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/
adj
Definitions
- Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble
- Courageous; displaying heroism.
- (sculpture) Of a size larger than life, but less than colossal.
Etymology
Suffix from English hero.
Origin
English
hero
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anti-hero English
- antihero English
- antiheroic English
- antiheroically English
- cyberhero English
- hero English
- herodom English
- heroess English
- herohood English
- heroical English
- heroically English
- heroicize English
- heroicly English
- heroicness English
- heroine English
- heroization English
- heroize English
- heroless English
- herolike English
- heroness English
- heroship English
- megahero English
- mock English
- mockheroic English
- nonhero English
- nonheroic English
- postheroic English
- semiheroic English
- superhero English
- superheroic English
- superheroically English
- unheroic English
- unheroically English
- ur-hero English
- heroisch German
- héros French
- hero Swedish
- heroisk Swedish
- ヒロイック Japanese
- ヒーロー Japanese
- heroes Middle English
- heroes Old French
- heroo Esperanto
- हीरो Hindi
- ฮีโร่ Thai
- hero Cebuano
- mock
- hero
- nonhero
- heroize
- heroine
- ur-hero
- herodom
- heroess
- antihero
- heroness
- herohood
- megahero
- heroicly
- heroship
- heroical
- unheroic
- heroless
- herolike
- heroicize
- superhero
- anti-hero
- nonheroic
- cyberhero
- antiheroic
- heroicness
- mockheroic
- postheroic
- semiheroic
- heroically
- superheroic
- heroization
- unheroically
- antiheroically
- superheroically