hi-ˈrō-ik
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also heroical
1
as in courageous
feeling or displaying no fear by temperament
a memorial honoring the heroic nurses who served in the war
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2
as in epic
large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
an opera production of heroic proportions
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3
as in monumental
unusually large
a heroic statue of Alexander the Great astride his horse
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Recent Examples of heroic
Just like in Ironman training, progress doesn’t come from one heroic effort, but from a hundred consistent ones.
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Dennis Woodside, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
Anatolij is enthusiastically part of that heroic and delicate mission.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
The documentary highlights the heroic sacrifices of women who served in the American military and is produced by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
There’s nothing wrong with this effort by an artist to depict those tender and heroic moments after giving birth.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
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Dennis Woodside, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
Anatolij is enthusiastically part of that heroic and delicate mission.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
The documentary highlights the heroic sacrifices of women who served in the American military and is produced by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
There’s nothing wrong with this effort by an artist to depict those tender and heroic moments after giving birth.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heroic
Adjective
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That instinct and his courageous actions on May 15, 2024, during a burglary in progress led to the local officer being among 15 first responders presented with a Hero Award during the National First Responders Day Roll Call of Heroes on Tuesday in New York City’s Times Square.—
Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
29 Oct. 2025
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Tolkien conceived of the Shire as the quaint, pastoral homeland of the Hobbits, a race of short yet courageous dwellers of the fictional Middle-earth.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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And still, less than a week after everyone went home talking about Game 3 as one of the greatest, longest contests ever, Game 7 of the 2025 World Series delivered an all-timer with epic scope.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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With Halloween behind us, the holiday season is now in full swing and Hallmark is delivering a magical gift with an epic, time traveling holiday adventure.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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Busta also spoke with the website about his own friendship with D’Angelo and what made his music so monumental.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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But Gleitze’s Oyster isn’t the only monumental timepiece Sotheby’s is auctioning this season.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
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Journey with Marie and her valiant Nutcracker prince to the Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy to experience a classic story with distinctly local flair.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
21 Oct. 2025
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Despite the valiant efforts, catch-up hockey does not become them.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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According to the Greek historian Herodotus, who composed his glorious amalgamation of legend and fact in the fourth-century BC, Helen never even reached Troy because Paris’s ship was blown off course.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Bearzot was a more attack-minded coach than many of his predecessors, favouring a front three and a glorious playmaker in Fiorentina’s Giancarlo Antognoni, who recovered from a fractured skull to be fit for the tournament.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Her book objects might also take colossal form, as in 1967’s The Big Book, featuring eight-foot-by-four-foot pages secured to a central spine and moveable via casters.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Nov. 2025
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Visitors entering the museum are greeted by the colossal 3,200-year-old, 11-meter-tall statue of King Ramses II, which stood for decades in central Cairo's Ramses Square before being relocated to its new home near the museum in 2006.—
Ayat Al-Tawy,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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For me, it’s been really essential to read a lot of great information, and to come at the world filled with knowledge and all these ideas of, in my view, much smarter and braver people than myself.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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For those brave scientists who study snakes–aka herpetologists–the mechanics behind the reptiles’ fast fangs are more fascinating than fear-inducing.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
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After Guerrero hit his majestic homer in the third, the Blue Jays added two more while chasing Ohtani during their four-run seventh.—
Staff report,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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This sparsely populated region of Canada, where majestic cliffs plunge into orca- and iceberg-filled waters, remains remote and mysterious even more than 1,000 years after the Norse explorer Leif Erickson landed there.—
John von Sothen,
Air Mail,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Heroic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroic. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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