Hero

//ˈhɪə.ɹəʊ//

Synonyms for "hero" (185 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (37)

Strong matches (56)

Related words (92)

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Translations

367 translations across 133 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • афырхаҵа verb (person of great bravery)

Adyghe

1 entries
  • батыр verb (person of great bravery)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • held verb (person of great bravery)

Albanian

4 entries
  • hero verb (person of great bravery)
  • kreshnik verb (person of great bravery)
  • kreshnike verb (person of great bravery)
  • trim verb (person of great bravery)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ጀግና verb (person of great bravery)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • μιμητός verb (role model)
  • ἥρως verb (person of great bravery)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَبْطَال verb (person of great bravery)
  • بَطَل verb (person of great bravery)
  • بَطَل verb (protagonist)
  • بَطَلَة verb (person of great bravery)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • heroi verb (person of great bravery)

Armenian

4 entries
  • դյուցազն verb (person of great bravery)
  • հերոս verb (person of great bravery)
  • հերոս verb (role model)
  • հերոս verb (protagonist)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • búrã verb (person of great bravery)

Asturian

1 entries
  • héroe verb (person of great bravery)

Avar

1 entries
  • багьадур verb (person of great bravery)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • igid verb (person of great bravery)
  • qoçaq verb (person of great bravery)
  • qəhrəman verb (person of great bravery)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • батыр verb (person of great bravery)
  • баһадир verb (person of great bravery)

Basque

1 entries
  • heroi verb (person of great bravery)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • гераі́ня verb (person of great bravery)
  • геро́й verb (person of great bravery)

Bengali

3 entries
  • আদর্শ পুরূষ verb (person of great bravery)
  • চারিত্রিক verb (protagonist)
  • বীর verb (person of great bravery)

Breton

1 entries
  • gouron verb (person of great bravery)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • геро́й verb (person of great bravery)
  • герои́ня verb (person of great bravery)
  • юна́к verb (person of great bravery)
  • юнаки́ня verb (person of great bravery)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လူစွမ်းကောင်း verb (person of great bravery)

Catalan

4 entries
  • heroi verb (person of great bravery)
  • heroi verb (protagonist)
  • heroïna verb (person of great bravery)
  • heroïna verb (protagonist)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • bagani verb (person of great bravery)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • قارەمان verb (person of great bravery)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ verb (person of great bravery)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • ngwazi verb (person of great bravery)

Chinese

3 entries
  • йинщун verb (person of great bravery)
  • 勇者 verb (person of great bravery)
  • 英雄 verb (person of great bravery)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 勇士 verb (person of great bravery)
  • 英雄 verb (person of great bravery)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 主角 verb (protagonist)
  • 勇士 verb (person of great bravery)
  • 英雄 verb (person of great bravery)

Chukchi

1 entries
  • пыԓԓиӈыԓьын verb (person of great bravery)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • паттӑр verb (person of great bravery)

Corsican

1 entries
  • eroe verb (person of great bravery)

Czech

4 entries
  • hrdina verb (person of great bravery)
  • hrdina verb (protagonist)
  • hrdinka verb (person of great bravery)
  • hrdinka verb (protagonist)

Danish

2 entries
  • helt verb (person of great bravery)
  • heltinde verb (person of great bravery)

Dutch

4 entries
  • held verb (person of great bravery)
  • held verb (protagonist)
  • heldin verb (person of great bravery)
  • hoofdrolspeler verb (protagonist)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 英雄 verb (person of great bravery)

Egyptian

2 entries
  • pr-r:D54-a:Z1 verb (person of great bravery)
  • q:n-A24-A1 verb (person of great bravery)

Erzya

2 entries
  • марава verb (person of great bravery)
  • мараля verb (person of great bravery)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • heroino verb (person of great bravery)
  • heroiĉo verb (person of great bravery)
  • heroo verb (person of great bravery)
  • heroo verb (role model)

Estonian

4 entries
  • eeskuju verb (role model)
  • kangelane verb (person of great bravery)
  • peakangelane verb (protagonist)
  • peategelane verb (protagonist)

Faroese

1 entries
  • hetja verb (person of great bravery)

Finnish

4 entries
  • esikuva verb (role model)
  • päähenkilö verb (protagonist)
  • roolimalli verb (role model)
  • sankar verb (person of great bravery)

French

4 entries
  • héros verb (person of great bravery)
  • héros verb (protagonist)
  • héroïne verb (person of great bravery)
  • protagoniste verb (protagonist)

Galician

3 entries
  • heroe verb (person of great bravery)
  • heroe verb (protagonist)
  • heroi verb (person of great bravery)

Georgian

1 entries
  • გმირი verb (person of great bravery)

German

4 entries
  • Hauptfigur verb (protagonist)
  • Held verb (person of great bravery)
  • Held verb (protagonist)
  • Heldin verb (person of great bravery)

Greek

4 entries
  • ήρωας verb (person of great bravery)
  • ήρωας verb (role model)
  • ήρωας verb (protagonist)
  • ηρωίδα verb (person of great bravery)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • meʻe verb (person of great bravery)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • גִּבּוֹר verb (person of great bravery)
  • גִּבּוֹר verb (protagonist)
  • גִּבּוֹרָה verb (person of great bravery)

Hindi

4 entries
  • आदर्श पुरुष verb (person of great bravery)
  • कथानायक verb (protagonist)
  • चारित्रिक verb (protagonist)
  • धीर verb (person of great bravery)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • hős verb (person of great bravery)
  • hős verb (protagonist)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hetja verb (person of great bravery)

Ido

3 entries
  • heroino verb (person of great bravery)
  • heroo verb (person of great bravery)
  • heroulo verb (person of great bravery)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pahlawan verb (person of great bravery)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • heroe verb (person of great bravery)
  • protagonista verb (protagonist)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • بَطَل verb (person of great bravery)
  • بَهادُر verb (person of great bravery)
  • قَهْرَمان verb (person of great bravery)
  • پَهْلِوان verb (person of great bravery)

Irish

2 entries
  • gaiscíoch verb (person of great bravery)
  • laoch verb (person of great bravery)

Italian

4 entries
  • eroe verb (person of great bravery)
  • eroe verb (role model)
  • eroe verb (protagonist)
  • eroina verb (person of great bravery)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ヒーロー verb (person of great bravery)
  • 主人公 verb (protagonist)
  • 勇者 verb (person of great bravery)
  • 英雄 verb (person of great bravery)

Javanese

1 entries
  • prawira verb (person of great bravery)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಮಹಾಪುರುಷ verb (person of great bravery)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • батыр verb (person of great bravery)
  • ер verb (person of great bravery)
  • қаһарман verb (person of great bravery)

Khmer

3 entries
  • វីរជន verb (person of great bravery)
  • វីរបុរស verb (person of great bravery)
  • អ្នកក្លាហាន verb (person of great bravery)

Korean

3 entries
  • 영웅 verb (person of great bravery)
  • 주인공 verb (protagonist)
  • 히어로 verb (person of great bravery)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • баатыр verb (person of great bravery)
  • каарман verb (person of great bravery)

Ladino

1 entries
  • ero verb (person of great bravery)

Lao

1 entries
  • ວີລະບຸລຸດ verb (person of great bravery)

Latin

2 entries
  • hērōis verb (person of great bravery)
  • hērōs verb (person of great bravery)

Latvian

2 entries
  • varone verb (person of great bravery)
  • varonis verb (person of great bravery)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • didvyriai verb (person of great bravery)
  • didvyris verb (person of great bravery)
  • didvyrė verb (person of great bravery)
  • herojus verb (protagonist)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Held verb (person of great bravery)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • хе́рој verb (person of great bravery)
  • херо́ј verb (role model)
  • херои́на verb (person of great bravery)
  • хра́брец verb (person of great bravery)

Malay

1 entries
  • wira verb (person of great bravery)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ധീരൻ verb (person of great bravery)

Maltese

1 entries
  • eroj verb (person of great bravery)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠪᠠᡨᡠᡵᡠ verb (person of great bravery)

Marathi

2 entries
  • नायक verb (protagonist)
  • वीर verb (person of great bravery)

Middle English

1 entries
  • athel verb (person of great bravery)

Middle Korean

1 entries
  • 바톨〮 verb (person of great bravery)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • баатар verb (person of great bravery)

Māori

3 entries
  • toa verb (person of great bravery)
  • tuahangata verb (protagonist)
  • tuawahine verb (protagonist)

Navajo

1 entries
  • bíʼátʼíní verb (person of great bravery)

Nepali

2 entries
  • बीर verb (person of great bravery)
  • वीर verb (person of great bravery)

Northern Altai

1 entries
  • матыр verb (person of great bravery)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • qehreman verb (person of great bravery)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • helt verb (person of great bravery)
  • helt verb (protagonist)
  • heltinne verb (person of great bravery)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • helt verb (person of great bravery)
  • heltinne verb (person of great bravery)

Occitan

2 entries
  • eròi verb (person of great bravery)
  • eròi verb (protagonist)

Odia

1 entries
  • ବୀରପୁରୁଷ verb (person of great bravery)

Old English

1 entries
  • hæle verb (person of great bravery)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • герой verb (person of great bravery)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • آلپ verb (person of great bravery)
  • قهرمان verb (person of great bravery)
  • قوچاق verb (person of great bravery)
  • پهلوان verb (person of great bravery)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • герой verb (person of great bravery)
  • юнак verb (person of great bravery)

Pashto

4 entries
  • اتل verb (person of great bravery)
  • اتل verb (protagonist)
  • اتله verb (person of great bravery)
  • اتله verb (protagonist)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Helt verb (person of great bravery)

Polish

4 entries
  • bohater verb (person of great bravery)
  • bohater verb (protagonist)
  • bohaterka verb (person of great bravery)
  • heros verb (person of great bravery)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • heroína verb (person of great bravery)
  • heroína verb (protagonist)
  • herói verb (person of great bravery)
  • herói verb (role model)

Punjabi

4 entries
  • ਜੁਝਾਰੂ verb (person of great bravery)
  • ਬਹਾਦਰ verb (person of great bravery)
  • ਸੂਰਮੇ verb (person of great bravery)
  • ਹੀਰੋ verb (person of great bravery)

Purepecha

1 entries
  • k'uanhari verb (person of great bravery)

Romanian

2 entries
  • eroină verb (person of great bravery)
  • erou verb (person of great bravery)

Russian

4 entries
  • авата́р verb (role model)
  • геро́й verb (person of great bravery)
  • геро́й verb (role model)
  • геро́й verb (protagonist)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • प्रवीर verb (person of great bravery)
  • वीर verb (person of great bravery)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • ban-ghaisgeach verb (protagonist)
  • gaisgeach verb (person of great bravery)
  • gaisgeach verb (protagonist)
  • laoch verb (person of great bravery)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • heroína verb (person of great bravery)
  • hèrōj verb (person of great bravery)
  • junàkinja verb (person of great bravery)
  • junàkinja verb (protagonist)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • iroi verb (person of great bravery)
  • iroi verb (role model)
  • iroi verb (protagonist)
  • iruina verb (role model)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • වීරයා verb (person of great bravery)

Slovak

2 entries
  • hrdina verb (person of great bravery)
  • hrdinka verb (person of great bravery)

Slovene

4 entries
  • heroina verb (person of great bravery)
  • heroj verb (person of great bravery)
  • junak verb (person of great bravery)
  • junakinja verb (person of great bravery)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • баатыр verb (person of great bravery)

Spanish

4 entries
  • heroína verb (person of great bravery)
  • heroína verb (protagonist)
  • héroe verb (person of great bravery)
  • héroe verb (protagonist)

Sumerian

1 entries
  • 𒌨𒊕 verb (person of great bravery)

Swahili

1 entries
  • shujaa verb (person of great bravery)

Swedish

3 entries
  • hjälte verb (person of great bravery)
  • hjälte verb (protagonist)
  • hjältinna verb (person of great bravery)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • bayani verb (person of great bravery)
  • bida verb (protagonist)

Tajik

4 entries
  • батал verb (person of great bravery)
  • баҳодур verb (person of great bravery)
  • гурд verb (person of great bravery)
  • паҳлавон verb (person of great bravery)

Tamil

1 entries
  • வீரன் verb (person of great bravery)

Tatar

3 entries
  • батыр verb (person of great bravery)
  • баһадир verb (person of great bravery)
  • каһарман verb (person of great bravery)

Telugu

3 entries
  • కథానాయకుడు verb (person of great bravery)
  • కథానాయకుడు verb (protagonist)
  • వీరుడు verb (person of great bravery)

Thai

2 entries
  • วีรบุรุษ verb (person of great bravery)
  • ฮีโร่ verb (person of great bravery)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • དཔའ་བ verb (person of great bravery)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • etre verb (person of great bravery)

Turkish

4 entries
  • alp verb (person of great bravery)
  • bahadır verb (person of great bravery)
  • başkahraman verb (protagonist)
  • idol verb (role model)

Turkmen

3 entries
  • batyr verb (person of great bravery)
  • gahryman verb (person of great bravery)
  • gero verb (person of great bravery)

Tuvan

2 entries
  • кулугуруң verb (person of great bravery)
  • маадыр verb (person of great bravery)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • геро́й verb (person of great bravery)
  • герої́ня verb (person of great bravery)

Urdu

4 entries
  • بَطَل verb (person of great bravery)
  • بَہادُر verb (person of great bravery)
  • قَہْرْمان verb (person of great bravery)
  • نائِک verb (person of great bravery)

Uyghur

3 entries
  • باتۇر verb (person of great bravery)
  • باھادىر verb (person of great bravery)
  • قەھرىمان verb (person of great bravery)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • bahodir verb (person of great bravery)
  • botir verb (person of great bravery)
  • pahlavon verb (person of great bravery)
  • qahramon verb (person of great bravery)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • anh hùng verb (person of great bravery)

Volapük

3 entries
  • heroedan verb (person of great bravery)
  • hiheroedan verb (person of great bravery)
  • jiheroedan verb (person of great bravery)

Walloon

2 entries
  • ero verb (person of great bravery)
  • hérô verb (person of great bravery)

Welsh

2 entries
  • arwr verb (person of great bravery)
  • gwron verb (person of great bravery)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • held verb (person of great bravery)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • גבור verb (person of great bravery)
  • העלד verb (person of great bravery)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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I'm a hero.

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He is an unsung hero.

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No man is a hero to his valet.

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One murder makes a villain, millions a hero.

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Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.

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