heroic

Examples

• All

• For his heroics, Poschner received a Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and the Distinguished Service Cross.

  Academic text (2014)

• "Kilroy Was Here" finds adventure in the most unlikely setting and heroics among the most unlikely heroes.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Perhaps the time for the classically heroic had finally run out.

  Academic text (2000)

• But not everyone was grateful for his heroics.

  Walking with Dinosaurs (2013)

• Say, do you have a princess, or someone else you are in love with, who might be impressed by your heroics?

  The Amazing Maurice (2022)

• The second half began with Shazier's heroics, taking the crowd out of the game.

  Blog text (9)

• And that's why I credit him more for his heroics than I fault him for his mistakes.

  Blog text (32)

• The reporting on Carpenter's heroics off the bench has only endeared him more to me.

  Blog text (19)

• But after the heroics that have become the stuff of national legend... Governor Hathaway has become the nation's choice... to take on the post of the heir-apparent to the presidency.

  The Contender (2000)

• The poem described the heroic deeds of warriors in battle, showcasing their bravery and valor.

Synonyms

H

heroic verse

vsheroic

• Literature

9.7

A pattern of long lines in poetry used for grand stories like epic poems

has identical meaning but is a different label for the same poetic form

H

heroic meter

vsheroic

• Literature

9.7

A fixed rhythm used in long poems about heroes and grand events

has identical meaning but is an alternative technical label for the same form

Antonyms

C

commonplace

54 3.4

Ordinary and not special or new

P

prosaic

8 7.9

Ordinary and dull without imagination or excitement

Compounds

H

heroic tale

• Literature

1 4.3

A story about a brave person who faces danger, for example a knight fighting a dragon

H

heroic poetry

• Literature

1 7.6

Poems that tell the brave deeds of heroes from old stories

M

mock-heroic

• Literature

9.3

A poem or story that copies heroic style to make it seem funny

H

heroic meter

• Literature

9.7

A fixed rhythm used in long poems about heroes and grand events

H

heroic poem

• Literature

7.4

A long poem that tells the brave deeds of a hero

H

heroic stanza

• Literature

9.9

A four-line stanza with ten syllables per line and an abab rhyme used in epic poems

H

heroic verse

• Literature

9.7

A pattern of long lines in poetry used for grand stories like epic poems

H

heroic couplet

• Literature

8.8

Two rhymed lines with five beats each, often used in formal English poems

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology