'Heroic' definitions:
Definition of 'heroic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture" [syn: epic, heroic, larger-than-life]
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity; "heroic legends"; "the heroic age"
adjective
Having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers" [syn: heroic, heroical]
adjective
Of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings" [syn: expansive, grand, heroic]
adjective
Showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "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"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life" [syn: desperate, heroic]
noun
A verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter [syn: heroic verse, heroic meter, heroic]
Definition of 'Heroic'
From: GCIDE
- Heroic \He*ro"ic\, a. [F. h['e]ro["i]que, L. hero["i]cus, Gr. "hrwi:ko`s.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Sculpture & Painting) Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure. [1913 Webster]
- Heroic Age, the age when the heroes, or those called the children of the gods, are supposed to have lived.
- Heroic poetry, that which celebrates the deeds of a hero; epic poetry.
- Heroic treatment or Heroic remedies (Med.), treatment or remedies of a severe character, suited to a desperate case.
- Heroic verse (Pros.), the verse of heroic or epic poetry, being in English, German, and Italian the iambic of ten syllables; in French the iambic of twelve syllables; and in classic poetry the hexameter.
- Syn: Brave; intrepid; courageous; daring; valiant; bold; gallant; fearless; enterprising; noble; magnanimous; illustrious. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'heroic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysmal,
- acknowledged,
- admitted,
- Alcaic,
- alto,
- altruistic,
- Anacreontic,
- astronomic,
- Atlantean,
- audacious,
- august,
- bardic,
- baritone,
- bass,
- big,
- bighearted,
- bold,
- bold-spirited,
- brave,
- bravura,
- Brobdingnagian,
- bucolic,
- Castalian,
- chivalric,
- chivalrous,
- choral,
- choric,
- classical,
- coloratura,
- colossal,
- conventional,
- courageous,
- customary,
- Cyclopean,
- cyclopean,
- daring,
- dauntless,
- desperate,
- determined,
- didactic,
- distinguished,
- dithyrambic,
- doughty,
- dramatic,
- drastic,
- eclogic,
- elegiac,
- elephantine,
- elevated,
- eminent,
- enormous,
- epic,
- established,
- exaggerated,
- exalted,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- fabulous,
- falsetto,
- famous,
- fearless,
- fixed,
- folk,
- gallant,
- Gargantuan,
- generous,
- giant,
- giantlike,
- gigantic,
- glorious,
- godlike,
- grand,
- grandiose,
- great,
- great of heart,
- greathearted,
- hallowed,
- handed down,
- handsome,
- hardy,
- Herculean,
- herolike,
- high,
- high-minded,
- hoary,
- Homeric,
- honorable,
- Hudibrastic,
- huge,
- hymnal,
- idealistic,
- idyllic,
- immemorial,
- immense,
- infinite,
- intrepid,
- inveterate,
- ironhearted,
- jumbo,
- knightlike,
- knightly,
- largehearted,
- lauded,
- legendary,
- liberal,
- lionhearted,
- liturgical,
- lofty,
- long-established,
- long-standing,
- lyric,
- magnanimous,
- magnificent,
- magniloquent,
- majestic,
- mammoth,
- manful,
- manly,
- mighty,
- miraculous,
- mock-heroic,
- monster,
- monstrous,
- monumental,
- mountainous,
- mythological,
- narrative,
- noble,
- noble-minded,
- of long standing,
- of the folk,
- openhanded,
- operatic,
- oral,
- pastoral,
- Pierian,
- Pindaric,
- plucky,
- poetic,
- poetico-mystical,
- poetico-mythological,
- poetico-philosophic,
- poetlike,
- prescriptive,
- princely,
- prodigious,
- profound,
- prominent,
- psalmic,
- psalmodial,
- psalmodic,
- renowned,
- rhapsodic,
- rooted,
- runic,
- sacred,
- sapphic,
- singing,
- skaldic,
- soaring,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- soprano,
- stalwart,
- staunch,
- steadfast,
- stout,
- stouthearted,
- stupendous,
- sublime,
- superb,
- tenor,
- Theocritean,
- time-honored,
- titanic,
- towering,
- traditional,
- treble,
- tremendous,
- tried and true,
- true-blue,
- unafraid,
- undaunted,
- understood,
- unwritten,
- upstanding,
- valiant,
- valorous,
- vast,
- venerable,
- virile,
- virtuous,
- vocal,
- wonderful,
- worshipful