Synonyms of heroic

heroic

adjective

hi-ˈrō-ik

variants also heroical

1

as in courageous

feeling or displaying no fear by temperament

a memorial honoring the heroic nurses who served in the war

Synonyms & Similar Words

• courageous
• valiant
• brave
• fearless
• gallant
• bold
• adventurous
• valorous
• manful
• intrepid
• dauntless
• foolish
• gutsy
• undaunted
• impulsive
• stout
• stalwart
• resolute
• reckless
• daring
• stouthearted
• lionhearted
• doughty
• gutty
• Spartan
• spirited
• determined
• hardy
• unflinching
• undauntable
• plucky
• game
• greathearted
• unswerving
• spunky
• gritty
• undeterred
• mad
• adventuresome
• undismayed
• audacious
• venturous
• dashing
• impetuous
• brazen
• daredevil
• mettlesome
• insane
• venturesome
• foolhardy
• gamy
• lunatic
• thoughtless
• imprudent
• madcap
• nutty
• rash
• heedless
• incautious
• overconfident
• hotheaded
• wild
• hasty
• crazy
• brash
• firm
• unafraid
• headlong
• reassured
• precipitate
• comforted
• encouraged
• overbold
• half-witted
• emboldened
• heartened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unheroic
• yellow
• cowardly
• coward
• fearful
• dastardly
• craven
• pusillanimous
• timid
• spiritless
• timorous
• gutless
• spineless
• nerveless
• scary
• ungallant
• chicken
• shy
• anxious
• fainthearted
• nervous
• diffident
• careful
• mousy
• cautious
• apprehensive
• prudent
• skittish
• uncourageous
• poor-spirited
• milk-livered
• afraid
• chickenhearted
• weakhearted
• poltroon
• lily-livered
• frightened
• upset
• unadventurous
• chicken-livered
• heedful
• terrified
• startled
• disturbed
• agitated
• perturbed
• panicked
• scared
• horrified
• shocked
• unnerved
• concerned
• weak
• disconcerted
• spooked
• worried
• disquieted
• unmanly
• wimpy
• appalled
• dismayed
• panic-stricken
• terrorized

2

as in epic

large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception

an opera production of heroic proportions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• epic
• glorious
• magnificent
• majestic
• imposing
• proud
• monumental
• royal
• grand
• massive
• impressive
• imperial
• regal
• noble
• gallant
• wonderful
• operatic
• colossal
• splendid
• grandiose
• Homeric
• remarkable
• luxurious
• formidable
• tremendous
• extraordinary
• cosmic
• lavish
• marvelous
• august
• awesome
• sublime
• stately
• gorgeous
• baronial
• superb
• terrific
• stupendous
• monstrous
• extravagant
• wondrous
• magnific
• prodigious
• apocalyptic
• striking
• divine
• inflated
• awful
• heavenly
• celestial
• kingly
• princely
• pompous
• redoubtable
• overblown
• sensational
• sumptuous
• queenly
• opulent
• lordly
• killer
• palatial
• prepossessing
• resplendent
• splendiferous
• palatine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• modest
• unheroic
• unimpressive
• ordinary
• average
• lowly
• common
• mediocre
• unprepossessing
• unimposing
• sordid
• abject
• shabby
• mean
• trivial
• meretricious
• petty
• insignificant
• puny
• second-rate
• trifling
• run-of-the-mill
• paltry
• measly

3

as in tremendous

unusually large

a heroic statue of Alexander the Great astride his horse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tremendous
• huge
• gigantic
• enormous
• giant
• vast
• massive
• monumental
• colossal
• astronomical
• mammoth
• titanic
• monstrous
• immense
• mountainous
• monster
• grand
• mighty
• bumper
• great
• big
• cosmic
• oceanic
• planetary
• herculean
• prodigious
• super
• sizable
• galactic
• gargantuan
• handsome
• mega
• oversize
• majestic
• pharaonic
• cyclopean
• good
• humongous
• elephantine
• Himalayan
• substantial
• formidable
• considerable
• whopping
• jumbo
• gigantesque
• leviathan
• supersized
• major
• extensive
• staggering
• vasty
• super-duper
• imposing
• whacking
• grandiose
• supersize
• Brobdingnagian
• voluminous
• bulky
• tidy
• infinite
• walloping
• goodly
• outsize
• gross
• lofty
• king-size
• stupendous
• overwhelming
• hefty
• overgrown
• hulking
• monolithic
• towering
• cavernous
• august
• largish
• immeasurable
• boundless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diminutive
• tiny
• miniature
• microscopic
• micro
• infinitesimal
• minuscule
• pygmy
• wee
• pocket
• little bitty
• small
• bitty
• midget
• minute
• Lilliputian
• puny
• teeny
• little
• teensy
• smallish
• mini
• petite
• undersized
• microminiature
• bantam
• teeny-weeny
• dwarfish
• teensy-weensy
• dinky
• half-pint
• pint-size

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heroic

During the conversation, Williams was asked about his thought process during the heroic rescue. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

The Wild West was even then a myth receding into a hazy, heroic past. — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

The stakes are as jacked as Reacher’s biceps in the fourth installment of the series, which finds the heroic drifter at the center of a sprawling conspiracy involving terrorism, government agencies, and powerful political figures. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026

Time magazine had portrayed her impulse to climb out the back of the presidential limo as heroic. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026