Antihero

/ˈænˌtaɪ.hiɹ.oʊ/

Synonyms for "antihero" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(3 words)
ambiguous protagonistantihero figuredamaged hero

Strong matches (14)

fat partfeederheavyheroheroineingenueleadlead roleleading lady
Noun(5 words)
flawed heroflawed protagonistgray protagonistimperfect heroimperfect protagonist

Related words (24)

leading manleading womanlinespartpersonpersonagepieceprotagonistrolesidesoubrettestraight partsupporting charactersupporting roletitle rolevillainwalk onwalk-onwalking part
Noun(5 words)
lokimisanthropemodern antiheromorally gray leadmorally grey protagonist

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

5 entries
agonistcharacterfictional characternarrative figureprotagonist

More specific

3 entries
antihero vigilantemoral antiheroreluctant antihero

Collocations

6 entries
antihero archetypeantihero figureantihero protagonistcrime drama antiheromodern antiheronoir antihero

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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He's an antihero.

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Tom is an antihero.

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Alienation: A stage on the downside of the passage wherein the holdfast and the antihero take actions which bring about a disintegration of personality.

Source: wiktionary

JK Rowling says that “girls are very apt to romanticise” the antihero, and reveals that she had been forced to pour “cold common sense” on the startling number of readers who fall for the arrogant, unscrupulous bully Draco Malfoy in her Harry Potter books.

Source: wiktionary

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