[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

heroic \hero"ic\, a. f. h'ero"ique, l. hero"icus, gr.
   "hrwi:ko`s.
   1. of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of
      heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the
      heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.
      1913 webster

   2. worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as,
      heroic action; heroic enterprises.
      1913 webster

   3. sculpture  painting larger than life size, but smaller
      than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human
      figure.
      1913 webster

   heroic age, the age when the heroes, or those called the
      children of the gods, are supposed to have lived.

   heroic poetry, that which celebrates the deeds of a hero;
      epic poetry.

   heroic treatment or heroic remedies med., treatment or
      remedies of a severe character, suited to a desperate
      case.

   heroic verse pros., the verse of heroic or epic poetry,
      being in english, german, and italian the iambic of ten
      syllables; in french the iambic of twelve syllables; and
      in classic poetry the hexameter.

   syn: brave; intrepid; courageous; daring; valiant; bold;
        gallant; fearless; enterprising; noble; magnanimous;
        illustrious.
        1913 webster
see also:
heroic age heroic poetry heroic treatment heroic remedies heroic verse 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

heroic
     adj 1: very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary
            especially in size or scale; "an epic voyage"; "of
            heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture" syn: epic,
            larger-than-life
     2: relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity;
        "heroic legends"; "the heroic age"
     3: having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the
        heroic attack on the beaches of normandy"; "heroic
        explorers" syn: heroical
     4: impressive in size or scope; "heroic undertakings" syn: grand
     5: showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously
        undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last
        desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate
        gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning
        point in the pacific war"- g.c.marshall; "they took heroic
        measures to save his life" syn: desperate
     n : a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated
         themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter syn: heroic
         verse, heroic meter
see also:
epic larger-than-life heroical grand desperate heroic verse 
heroic meter 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

195 moby thesaurus words for "heroic":
   alcaic, anacreontic, atlantean, brobdingnagian, castalian,
   cyclopean, gargantuan, herculean, homeric, hudibrastic, pierian,
   pindaric, theocritean, abysmal, acknowledged, admitted, alto,
   altruistic, astronomic, audacious, august, bardic, baritone, bass,
   big, bighearted, bold, bold-spirited, brave, bravura, bucolic,
   chivalric, chivalrous, choral, choric, classical, coloratura,
   colossal, conventional, courageous, customary, cyclopean, daring,
   dauntless, desperate, determined, didactic, distinguished,
   dithyrambic, doughty, dramatic, drastic, eclogic, elegiac,
   elephantine, elevated, eminent, enormous, epic, established,
   exaggerated, exalted, extravagant, extreme, fabulous, falsetto,
   famous, fearless, fixed, folk, gallant, generous, giant, giantlike,
   gigantic, glorious, godlike, grand, grandiose, great,
   great of heart, greathearted, hallowed, handed down, handsome,
   hardy, herolike, high, high-minded, hoary, honorable, huge, hymnal,
   idealistic, idyllic, immemorial, immense, infinite, intrepid,
   inveterate, ironhearted, jumbo, knightlike, knightly, largehearted,
   lauded, legendary, liberal, lionhearted, liturgical, lofty,
   long-established, long-standing, lyric, magnanimous, magnificent,
   magniloquent, majestic, mammoth, manful, manly, mighty, miraculous,
   mock-heroic, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous,
   mythological, narrative, noble, noble-minded, of long standing,
   of the folk, openhanded, operatic, oral, pastoral, plucky, poetic,
   poetico-mystical, poetico-mythological, poetico-philosophic,
   poetlike, prescriptive, princely, prodigious, profound, prominent,
   psalmic, psalmodial, psalmodic, renowned, rhapsodic, rooted, runic,
   sacred, sapphic, singing, skaldic, soaring, soldierlike, soldierly,
   soprano, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, stout, stouthearted,
   stupendous, sublime, superb, tenor, time-honored, titanic,
   towering, traditional, treble, tremendous, tried and true,
   true-blue, unafraid, undaunted, understood, unwritten, upstanding,
   valiant, valorous, vast, venerable, virile, virtuous, vocal,
   wonderful, worshipful

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