Synonyms of heroically

heroically

adverb

1

as in courageously

in a fearless manner

struggled heroically to raise three children on her meager salary

Synonyms & Similar Words

• courageously
• bravely
• manfully
• firmly
• valiantly
• boldly
• fearlessly
• stalwartly
• valorously
• intrepidly
• gallantly
• dauntlessly
• resolutely
• determinedly
• hastily
• gamely
• stoutly
• stoutheartedly
• pluckily
• spiritedly
• gutsily
• doughtily
• daringly
• audaciously
• grittily
• adventurously
• recklessly
• hardily
• crazily
• brazenly
• wildly
• insanely
• rashly
• imprudently
• impulsively
• impetuously
• venturously
• brashly
• heedlessly
• foolishly
• spunkily
• incautiously
• precipitately
• foolhardily
• self-confidently
• thoughtlessly
• venturesomely
• overconfidently
• hotheadedly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fearfully
• cowardly
• cravenly
• timorously
• timidly
• shyly
• diffidently
• spinelessly
• nervously
• anxiously
• skittishly
• prudently
• pusillanimously
• apprehensively
• cautiously
• carefully
• spiritlessly
• mousily
• heedfully

2

as in honorably

in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals

doctors and nurses worked heroically through the night to keep the patient alive

Synonyms & Similar Words

• honorably
• nobly
• courageously
• greatly
• gallantly
• magnanimously
• venerably
• bravely
• grandly
• magnificently
• majestically
• greatheartedly
• high-mindedly
• valiantly
• loftily
• chivalrously

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dishonorably
• basely
• ignobly
• wretchedly
• abominably
• nastily
• pitiably
• hatefully
• despicably
• contemptibly
• detestably
• currishly
• sorrily
• degenerately

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heroically

The daffodils here were almost finished, apart from one little patch of stragglers still flowering on heroically against the odds. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

The 2025 second-round pick heroically forced and recovered a goal-line fumble in last season’s overtime road win over the Rams. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2026

In one scene, Amy heroically assuages an embittered foster kid by returning him to the memory of a fun school field trip. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026

Exhibited for the first time outside of Sarajevo, the churning Socialist Realist homage invokes Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People in figuring partisans heroically overcoming their would-be Nazi aggressors. — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026

This turned a great explorer into a great survivor, as the voyage went down in legend for the extraordinary escape by those on board and a heroically safe return. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Vermax was in dire trouble until Baela Targaryen (Bethany Antonia) heroically steered her Moondancer and broke the rope attached to the anchor. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 June 2026

Your mother, heroically, became a warrior and a frontierswoman, an explorer, a pioneer. — Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026

Patrick Gallagher, who earned the Navy Cross during the Vietnam War for heroically shielding his fellow Marines from a live grenade. — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2026