Synonyms of unheroic

unheroic

adjective

ˌən-hi-ˈrō-ik 

as in cowardly

having or showing a shameful lack of courage

the new biography casts the romanticized outlaw in a much more vicious and unheroic light

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cowardly
• afraid
• frightened
• craven
• pusillanimous
• scared
• gutless
• dastardly
• yellow
• spineless
• careful
• recreant
• timid
• fearful
• chicken
• cautious
• lily-livered
• weak
• poltroon
• chickenhearted
• milk-livered
• diffident
• timorous
• chicken-livered
• feeble
• unmanly
• fainthearted
• wary
• bashful
• coy
• shy
• soft

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heroic
• brave
• courageous
• daring
• valiant
• gallant
• fearless
• hardy
• valorous
• dauntless
• intrepid
• stout
• gutsy
• bold
• stalwart
• brazen
• audacious
• cheeky
• stouthearted
• spirited
• doughty
• lionhearted
• plucky
• greathearted
• spunky
• resolute
• nervy
• determined

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unheroic

Yes, Arsenal fan Neel from New Delhi held his nerve on the final day to shake off the persistent and heroic challenge of six-year-old Wilfred — and the meandering, distinctly unheroic challenge of a 51-year-old journalist. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 26 May 2026

That larger significance is remarkably unheroic and fatalistic. — Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024

In the world of The Boys, based on the gleefully scabrous 2000s indie comic-book series of the same name by writer Garth Ennis and artist Darick Robertson, superheroes are real, pop-culture-dominating, and with rare exceptions, entirely unheroic. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2024

From the costumes to the makeup, from visual effects to sound design, the goal was to be as realistic as possible and underscore the movie’s anti-war and deliberately unheroic depiction of an ordinary soldier in battle. — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023