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- pronunciation:
- hi
ro
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
heroes |
| definition 1: |
A hero is a person who does brave or good things. People often want to be like heroes.
Everyone said Brendon was a hero because he called the ambulance to take his grandmother to the hospital.The firefighters who worked so hard to put out the fire are the town's heroes.- antonyms:
- coward
- similar words:
- champion, ideal, legend, model, rescuer, warrior
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| definition 2: |
The main male character of a book or movie is sometimes called a hero.
The hero of the story kept the light in the lighthouse working through a terrible storm.- similar words:
- lead, principal, star
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