He's an antihero.
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Antihero
//ˈænˌtaɪ.hiɹ.oʊ//
Synonyms for "antihero" (37 found)
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Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
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6 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 46 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- antiheld noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Albanian
1 entries- antiheroi noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Arabic
2 entries- بطل مزيف noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- بطلة مزيفة noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Armenian
1 entries- հակահերոս noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Basque
1 entries- antiheroi noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Belarusian
1 entries- антыгерой noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Bengali
1 entries- অ-নায়কোচিত নায়ক noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Bulgarian
1 entries- антигеро́й noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Catalan
1 entries- antiheroi noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 反英雄 noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Czech
1 entries- antihrdina noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Dutch
2 entries- antiheld noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- antiheldin noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- kontraŭheroo noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Estonian
1 entries- antikangelane noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Finnish
2 entries- antisankari noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- pahis noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
French
2 entries- anti-héros noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- antihéros noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Galician
1 entries- antiheroe noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
German
1 entries- Antiheld noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Greek
1 entries- αντιήρωας noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Ido
1 entries- antiheroo noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Irish
2 entries- ana-laoch noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- frith-laoch noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Italian
1 entries- antieroe noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Japanese
3 entries- アンチヒーロー noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- ダークヒーロー noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- 反英雄 noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Kazakh
2 entries- анти-қаһарман noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- антиқаһарман noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Korean
1 entries- 반영웅 noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Latin
2 entries- antiheros noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- contra heros noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Latvian
1 entries- antivaronis noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Lithuanian
1 entries- antiherojus noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Macedonian
2 entries- антихе́рој noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- антихерои́на noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- antîleheng noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Norwegian
1 entries- antihelt noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Persian
2 entries- ضدقهرمان noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- ناقهرمان noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Polish
2 entries- antybohater noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- antybohaterka noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- anti-herói noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Romanian
2 entries- antierou noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- erou negativ noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Russian
1 entries- антигеро́й noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ana-gaisgeach noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Spanish
1 entries- antihéroe noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Swahili
2 entries- shujaa hasi noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- shujaa wa upande wa mbaya noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Swedish
1 entries- antihjälte noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Tagalog
2 entries- kontrabayani noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- kontrabida noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Tamil
2 entries- ஆண்டிஹீரோ noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
- எதிரானவீரன் noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Turkish
1 entries- antikahraman noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Ukrainian
1 entries- антигеро́й noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Urdu
1 entries- انٹی ہیرو noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phản anh hùng noun (protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Tom is an antihero.
Source: tatoeba (10768994)
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.
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