Definitions for heroes

heroes he·ro

Spelling: [heer-oh]
IPA: /ˈhɪər oʊ/

Heroes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in heroes (eehors).

Definitions for heroes

noun

  1. a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
  2. a person who, in the opinion of others, has special achievements, abilities, or personal qualities and is regarded as a role model or ideal:
  3. the principal male character in a story, play, film, etc.
  4. Classical Mythology. a being of godlike prowess and beneficence who often came to be honored as a divinity. (in the Homeric period) a warrior-chieftain of special strength, courage, or ability. (in later antiquity) an immortal being; demigod.
  5. hero sandwich.
  6. the bread or roll used in making a hero sandwich.

Origin of heroes

1605-15; back formation from Middle English heroes (plural) Latin hērōs (singular), hērōes (plural) Greek hḗrōs, hḗrōes

Examples for heroes

No one wanted them to succeed, not the cops, the heroes, not the villains.

The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.

Those who say that we are in a time when there are no heroes just don't know where to look.

They were the heroes of other lands; but have we not heroes also of our own?

All his other women are parts of her or reflections of her, as all his heroes are sides of Hamlet, or reflections of him.

Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Oskar Schindler—these names come readily to mind when we think of heroes of conscience.

I have used the words "they" and "their" in speaking of these heroes.

Claret for boys, port for men, and brandy for heroes, according to Dr. Johnson, and Hitch went for the heroic.

We nerds, especially, with our inherent distrust of social situations, love to make “the press” the enemy of our heroes.

Finally, we have a major film on civil rights in which African Americans are the heroes in their own story.

Word Value for heroes
Scrable

9

Words with friends

8

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