I like lyric better than epic.
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Epic
//ˈɛp.ɪk//
Synonyms for "epic" (138 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (41)
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (69)
madrigalmammothmightymock heroicmonodymonstermonstrousmonumentalmountainousmythnarrationnarrativenarrative poemnursery rhymeodepalinodepastoralpastoral elegypastorelapastourelle
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Adjective(2 words)
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2 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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2 entriesTranslations
162 translations across 68 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- epos noun (extended narrative poem)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἐπικός adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- ἔπος noun (extended narrative poem)
Arabic
2 entries- مَلْحَمِيّ adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- مَلْحَمَة noun (extended narrative poem)
Armenian
1 entries- էպոս noun (extended narrative poem)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dastan noun (extended narrative poem)
- epos noun (extended narrative poem)
Belarusian
4 entries- эпі́чны adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- эпі́чны adj (momentously heroic)
- э́пас noun (extended narrative poem)
- эпапе́я noun (events appropriate to an epic)
Bengali
1 entries- মহাকাব্য noun (extended narrative poem)
Bulgarian
4 entries- епичен adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- е́пос noun (extended narrative poem)
- епопе́я noun (extended narrative poem)
- епопе́я noun (events appropriate to an epic)
Burmese
1 entries- ပျို့ noun (extended narrative poem)
Catalan
3 entries- èpic adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- èpic adj (momentously heroic)
- epopeia noun (extended narrative poem)
Chinese
2 entries- шысы noun (extended narrative poem)
- 史詩 /史诗 noun (extended narrative poem)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 史詩 /史诗 noun (extended narrative poem)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 史詩 /史诗 noun (extended narrative poem)
Czech
3 entries- epický adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- výpravný adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- epos noun (extended narrative poem)
Danish
3 entries- episk adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- storslået adj (extraordinary)
- epos noun (extended narrative poem)
Dutch
4 entries- episch adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- episch adj (momentously heroic)
- episch adj (extraordinary)
- heldhaftig adj (momentously heroic)
Esperanto
2 entries- epopea adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- epopeo noun (extended narrative poem)
Estonian
1 entries- eepos noun (extended narrative poem)
Finnish
4 entries- eeppinen adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- mahtava adj (extraordinary)
- mieletön adj (extraordinary)
- eepos noun (extended narrative poem)
French
3 entries- épique adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- épique adj (momentously heroic)
- épopée noun (extended narrative poem)
Galician
2 entries- épico adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- epopea noun (extended narrative poem)
Georgian
1 entries- ეპოსი noun (extended narrative poem)
German
4 entries- Wahnsinns adj (extraordinary)
- außergewöhnlich adj (extraordinary)
- denkwürdig adj (extraordinary)
- episch adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
Greek
2 entries- επικός adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- έπος noun (extended narrative poem)
Hebrew
1 entries- אֶפּוֹס noun (extended narrative poem)
Hindi
1 entries- महाकाव्य noun (extended narrative poem)
Hungarian
1 entries- eposz noun (extended narrative poem)
Icelandic
2 entries- hetjuljóð noun (extended narrative poem)
- söguljóð noun (extended narrative poem)
Indonesian
3 entries- epik noun (extended narrative poem)
- epos noun (extended narrative poem)
- wiracarita noun (extended narrative poem)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- حَماسِه noun (extended narrative poem)
- داسْتان noun (extended narrative poem)
Italian
2 entries- epico noun (extended narrative poem)
- epico noun (events appropriate to an epic)
Japanese
3 entries- 壮大な adj (extraordinary)
- エピック noun (extended narrative poem)
- 叙事詩 noun (extended narrative poem)
Karelian
1 entries- eepossa noun (extended narrative poem)
Kazakh
2 entries- дастан noun (extended narrative poem)
- дәуірнама noun (events appropriate to an epic)
Khmer
1 entries- ឥតិហាស noun (extended narrative poem)
Korean
2 entries- 서사시 noun (extended narrative poem)
- 에픽 noun (extended narrative poem)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- дастан noun (extended narrative poem)
- эпос noun (extended narrative poem)
Lao
1 entries- ມະຫາກາບ noun (extended narrative poem)
Latvian
1 entries- eposs noun (extended narrative poem)
Lithuanian
1 entries- epas noun (extended narrative poem)
Macedonian
2 entries- еп noun (extended narrative poem)
- епопе́ја noun (events appropriate to an epic)
Malay
1 entries- epik noun (extended narrative poem)
Malayalam
2 entries- ഐതിഹാസിക adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- ഐതിഹാസിക adj (momentously heroic)
Manx
4 entries- ard-skeealagh adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- ard-skeealagh adj (momentously heroic)
- ard-skeeal noun (extended narrative poem)
- ard-skeeal noun (events appropriate to an epic)
Mongolian
1 entries- тууль noun (extended narrative poem)
Māori
1 entries- waiata rāwekeweke noun (extended narrative poem)
Norwegian
2 entries- episk adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- storslått adj (extraordinary)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- epos noun (extended narrative poem)
Polish
4 entries- epicki adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- epicki adj (extraordinary)
- epiczny adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- epopeja noun (extended narrative poem)
Portuguese
4 entries- extraordinário adj (extraordinary)
- épico adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- épico adj (momentously heroic)
- épico adj (extraordinary)
Romanian
2 entries- epic adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- epopee noun (extended narrative poem)
Russian
4 entries- эпи́ческий adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- эпи́ческий adj (momentously heroic)
- э́пос noun (extended narrative poem)
- эпопе́я noun (events appropriate to an epic)
Sanskrit
2 entries- इतिहास noun (extended narrative poem)
- महाकाव्य noun (extended narrative poem)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- epopéja noun (events appropriate to an epic)
- ȇp noun (extended narrative poem)
- е̑п noun (extended narrative poem)
- епопе́ја noun (events appropriate to an epic)
Slovak
1 entries- epos noun (extended narrative poem)
Slovene
1 entries- ep noun (extended narrative poem)
Spanish
4 entries- epopéyico adj (extraordinary)
- épico adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- épico adj (momentously heroic)
- épico adj (extraordinary)
Swedish
4 entries- episk adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- episk adj (momentously heroic)
- episk adj (extraordinary)
- epos noun (extended narrative poem)
Tagalog
3 entries- epiko adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- darangan noun (extended narrative poem)
- epika noun (extended narrative poem)
Tajik
3 entries- достон noun (extended narrative poem)
- эпос noun (extended narrative poem)
- ҳамоса noun (extended narrative poem)
Tatar
2 entries- дастан noun (extended narrative poem)
- эпос noun (extended narrative poem)
Thai
2 entries- สูงส่ง adj (extraordinary)
- มหากาพย์ noun (extended narrative poem)
Turkish
2 entries- epik adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- destan noun (extended narrative poem)
Ukrainian
4 entries- епі́чний adj (of, or relating to, an epic)
- епі́чний adj (momentously heroic)
- е́пос noun (extended narrative poem)
- епопе́я noun (events appropriate to an epic)
Uyghur
1 entries- داستان noun (extended narrative poem)
Uzbek
3 entries- doston noun (extended narrative poem)
- epopeya noun (events appropriate to an epic)
- epos noun (extended narrative poem)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sử thi noun (extended narrative poem)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 史詩 /史诗 noun (extended narrative poem)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
Amazing! This moving a story is a first for me! It's truly an epic among epics!
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Surrounded by hordes of vampires, Christopher Columbus once had an epic sword duel with Count Dracula in the latter's castle. After the Count cut off Columbus's hand, Columbus calmly picked it up, put it back in place, and proceeded to best the Count.
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It was a hamburger of epic dimensions!
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