1. hero

noun. ['ˈhɪroʊ, ˈhiːroʊ'] a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.

Rhymes with Hero

• yasuhiro
• michihiro
• subzero
• zero
• piero
• fiero

How do you pronounce hero?

Pronounce hero as ˈhɪroʊ.

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Sentences with hero

1. Noun, singular or mass
Assemble a list of who your teen thinks is a hero.

Quotes about hero

1. Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.
- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

2. Given the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be, a hero always emerges. Although no one can dare claim that it is now a perfect state, and that no more work is needed, Rwanda has risen from the ashes as a model or truth and reconciliation.
- Wole Soyinka

3. Well, you know, in any novel you would hope that the hero has someone to push back against, and villains - I find the most interesting villains those who do the right things for the wrong reasons, or the wrong things for the right reasons. Either one is interesting. I love the gray area between right and wrong.
- Dan Brown

2. hero-worship

verb. love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol.

3. hero

noun. ['ˈhɪroʊ, ˈhiːroʊ'] the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem.

4. hero

noun. ['ˈhɪroʊ, ˈhiːroʊ'] someone who fights for a cause.

5. hero

noun. ['ˈhɪroʊ, ˈhiːroʊ'] a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States.

6. hero

noun. ['ˈhɪroʊ, ˈhiːroʊ'] (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god.

7. Hero

noun. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century).