heroic
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Definition of heroic
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heroic
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2 heroics plural
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Synonyms & Antonyms for heroic
Synonyms: Adjective
bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, gutty, intrepid, lionhearted, manful, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, undauntable, undaunted, valiant, valorous
Antonyms: Adjective
chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, coward, cowardly, craven, dastardly, fainthearted, fearful, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], nerveless, poltroon, poor-spirited, pusillanimous, spineless, spiritless, timorous, uncourageous, ungallant, unheroic, weakhearted, yellow
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Examples of heroic in a Sentence
Adjective
It was heroic of those women to fight for the right to vote. The soldiers received medals for their heroic actions. Despite heroic efforts to save the business, it ultimately went bankrupt. a political battle of heroic proportions
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
This guy is heroic, he’s been failed by the institution, and could use the support: Speaking of…. • Root for the players who could use it. — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, "Insider's Guide to Attending the 2019 U.S. Open," 21 Aug. 2019 After the heroic act, Danny also helped the boy calm down from the traumatic event. — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, "‘Blue Bloods’ and ‘NCIS: LA’ Actor Danny Trejo Saved a Child From an Overturned Car," 11 Aug. 2019 With the support of her husband and the health professionals at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Allison waged a heroic, decade-long struggle against ovarian cancer. — courant.com, "Allison G. Thomson-Vicuna," 18 July 2019 And Friedrich Nietzsche, the philosopher who made forgetting heroic, is always close at hand. — Michael S. Roth, Washington Post, "To find serenity, freedom and creativity, sometimes it’s best to forget," 18 July 2019 Majestic waterfalls and dams look heroic, but solar panels do not. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "How Solar Panels Work (And Why They're Taking Over the World)," 6 July 2019 That's why Good Housekeeping and actor John Cena are eager to celebrate their heroic acts in a huge way. — Andra Chantim And Hali Potters, Good Housekeeping, "John Cena Is Honoring Hometown Heroes in a Brand New Contest," 20 June 2019 Still, there is humankind, wonderful, brilliant, heroic, tragic—as Hamlet says, how like a god. — Marilynne Robinson, Harper's magazine, "Is Poverty Necessary?," 10 June 2019 There’s a lot of people who won’t wear it on their sleeve, or display it through some heroic act. — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, "President George H. W. Bush Has Died At Age 94," 1 Dec. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Before Pérez’s heroics, Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor showed why he was selected to his fourth All-Star team. — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, "Home runs cost Cincinnati Reds in loss to Cleveland Indians, snaps 3-game winning streak," 5 July 2019 Before Smith's heroics, 26-year-old Matt Beaty launched a two-run shot Friday to give the Dodgers the win in Walker Buehler's dominant outing on the mound. — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, "Dodgers make MLB history as rookie lifts team with walk-off homer for third night in a row," 23 June 2019 With the bases still loaded, Hendriks struck out Travis d’Arnaud, setting the stage for Laureano’s heroics. — Joey Johnston, The Mercury News, "Grand slam brings A’s home on a high," 12 June 2019 But despite Trout’s heroics, the Angels enter Tuesday two games under .500 at 56–58. — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, "Were We Wrong About the Mets?," 6 Aug. 2019 Soup is banished and so is Roscuro, by an angry princess; meanwhile, Despereaux is likewise exiled, and his own link to the princess sets up an eventual rodent showdown, complete with heroics and redemption. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "PigPen Theatre is back at the Old Globe Theatre with world-premiere musical adaptation ‘The Tale of Despereaux’," 7 July 2019 Banks is also excited about the uniqueness of the film, an action movie starring three women, that doesn’t involve super heroics. — Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com, "Elizabeth Banks Says Kristen Stewart Is Charlie's Angels' Secret Weapon: Fans 'Will Be Delighted'," 27 June 2019 America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy, not revolution but restoration. — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, "Trump’s ‘Sleepy Joe’ Problem," 19 June 2019 Xherdan Shaqiri provided the heroics with a goal in the 90th minute. — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, "Top 10 World Cup moments: Heroics from Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Hirving Lozano," 29 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'heroic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors.