Synonym: bold, brave, chivalrous, courageous, gallant, stalwart, valiant. Similar words: asteroid, voice, stoic, choice, rejoice, adroit, broiler, embroil. Meaning: [hɪ'rəʊɪk] 
n. a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter. adj. 1. very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale) 2. relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity 3. having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes 4. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope 5. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort.
n. a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter. adj. 1. very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale) 2. relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity 3. having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes 4. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope 5. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort. 
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31. Wagner in his day had preached purity of heart and heroic deeds.
32. What of heroic exploits during armed service or the caning of school children?
33. It is a relatively simple matter to translate the structural possibilities of this model into ideal types of heroic action.
34. His Toshi is a heroic character whose naivete and haunted past are shed in this exceedingly likable coming-of-age story.
35. After a heroic week of earth moving, he went down with heatstroke.
36. The wicked characters are imprisoned, and Wilkin is made a captain for his heroic deed in battle.
37. Oh, they said how heroic he was and the headmaster said all the right things at the school memorial service.
38. A heroic stand against impossible odds was always a possibility.
39. Other heroic figures which figure in the monthly ritual dances are equipped in the same way.
40. Simon presents his story in a typically heroic manner, so I have to read between the lines.
41. Wells was captivated by the wave of optimism engendered by the great age of heroic invention at the turn of the century.
42. Her prayers and heroic patience caused the conversion of her husband, who became a member of the Franciscan Third Order.
43. Leapor portrays Edwy as a heroic figure and a good husband.
44. He was a man of creative vision, determined to introduce innovations of a truly heroic nature.
45. Dobry's scheme was an heroic attempt to improve the planning control system to everyone's satisfaction.
46. The time of Sigmar passed, and he became a legend(sentencedict.com), the heroic forebear of his people.
47. The little man would trot around, mumbling contentedly, reenacting heroic skirmishes with rabid Orks in cramped subterranean Squattish strongholds.
48. He lay without moving on the sand, looking out quietly from behind blue heroic eyes, up into a towering sky.
49. Possessed himself by a heroic passion, he uses matter as symbols of it.
50. If the man is held up constantly as a heroic figure, excuses are made for him.
51. Though springing from Genesis, this is at once more ambiguous, more heroic, and more humane.
52. It was impossible to have history painting without the human figure and the idealised heroic male nude body was its bedrock.
53. There he will create a towering bronze armature to which various body parts, heroic in size, will be affixed. Sentencedict.com
54. Shaughnessy was a heroic figure-a brilliant writer and by all accounts a splendid teacher and leader.
55. Amy Johnson is famous for her heroic solo flight from Britain to Australia in 1930.
56. Is there any point in returning to these hackneyed images of the heroic Far West?
57. Burton played the anguished but heroic young captain who would not betray the revolutionary leader despite the systematic slaughter of six hostages.
58. The creative act was seen as heroic, the proof of an elevated level of existence.
59. Fleeing the Organization Less overtly heroic than those who fight the dysfunctional organization are the people who choose to flee from it.
60. Yet the final image of him working with plague victims transforms him into a heroic character.
More similar words: asteroid, voice, stoic, choice, rejoice, adroit, broiler, embroil, sangfroid, embroiled, embroidery, hero, erode, onerous, subzero, emperor, erosion, later on, on the road, peter out, viceroy, take root, border on, generous, come round, derogate, hit the roof, numerous, take the road, prosperous.