hero
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hero |
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Achilles, David, Hector, Roland, Samson, a man, acme, actor, antagonist, antihero, apotheosis, beau ideal, best type, big name, bit, bit part, brave, bulldog, cast, celebrity, champ, champion, character, chutzpanik, conquering hero, conqueror, conquistador, constellation, cue, cynosure, danseur noble, decorated hero, defeater, demigod, demigoddess, diva, easy winner,
ego ideal, exemplar, fat part, feature attraction, feeder, fighting cock, figure, first tragedian, folk hero, galaxy, gallant, gamecock, god, goddess, godkin, godlet, godling, good soldier, great man, headliner, heavy, heavy lead, heroine, ideal, idol, immortal, important person, ingenue, jeune premier, knight, lead, lead role, leading lady, leading man, leading woman, lines, lion, luminaries, luminary, man of courage, man of mark, master, master spirit, mirror, name, notability, notable, paladin, pancratiast, paragon, part, person, person of note, personage, phoenix, piece, pleiad, pop hero, popular hero, popular idol, prima ballerina, prima donna, principal, protagonist, public figure,
role, runner-up, shining example,
shoo-in, side, singer, social lion, somebody, soubrette, stalwart, star, straight part, subduer, subjugator, superstar, supporting character, supporting role, sure winner,
the brave, tiger, title role, top dog, triumpher, valiant, valiant knight, vanquisher, victor, villain, walk-on, walking part, warrior, winner, worthy
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folk hero |
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big name, celebrity, constellation, cynosure, figure, galaxy, great man, hero,
heroine, idol, immortal, important person, lion, luminaries, luminary, man of mark, master spirit, name, notability, notable, person of note, personage, pleiad, pop hero, popular hero, popular idol,
public figure, social lion, somebody, star, superstar, worthy
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hero worship |
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Amor, Christian love, Druidism, Eros, Parsiism, Platonic love, Sabaism, Zoroastrianism, accolade, accord respect to, admiration, admire, adoration, adore, adulate, adulation, affection, agape,
animal worship, apotheosis, apotheosize, appreciate, appreciation, approbation, approval, ardency, ardor, attachment, awe, belaud, bepraise, bepraisement, bless, blow up, boast of, bodily love, brag about, breathless adoration, brotherly love, caritas, celebrate, charity, congratulation, conjugal love, consideration, courtesy, cry up, defer to, deference, deification, deify, demonism, demonolatry, desire, devil worship, devotion, duty, eloge, emblazon, encomium, entertain respect for,
esteem, estimation, eulogium,
eulogize, eulogy, exaggerated respect,
exalt, exaltation, excessive praise,
extol, faithful love, fancy,
favor, fervor, fetishism, fire worship, flame, flatter, flattery, fondness, free-lovism, free love, glorification, glorify, glory, great respect, heart, heathenism, high regard, hold in esteem, hold in reverence, homage, hommage, honor, iconoduly, iconolatry, idol worship, idolatrousness,
idolatry, idolism, idolization,
idolize, idolizing, idolodulia, idolomancy, image worship, kudos, lasciviousness, laud, laudation, libido, like, liking, lionize, lionizing, look up to, love, lovemaking, magnification,
magnify, make much of, married love, meed of praise, overpraise, paean, paganism, panegyric, panegyrize, passion, pay tribute, phallic worship, phallicism, physical love, popular regard, popularity, porter aux nues, praise, prestige, prize, puff, puff up, pyrolatry, regard, respect, revere, reverence, reverential regard, salute, sentiment, sex,
sexual love, shine, snake worship, spiritual love, star worship, sun worship, tender feeling, tender passion, think highly of, think much of, think well of, tree worship, tribute, truelove, trumpet, uxoriousness, value, venerate, veneration, weakness, worship, yearning
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Main entries similar to: hero
acme, actor, adventurer, antagonist, antihero, apotheosis, big name, bit, brave, bulldog, cast, celebrity, champ,
champion, character, conqueror, constellation, cue, cynosure, deity, demigod, diva, feeder, figure, folk hero, galaxy,
gallant, gamecock, god, goddess, great man, headliner, heavy, heroine, ideal, idol, immortal, important person, ingenue, lead, leading lady, lines, lion, luminary,
man, master, mirror, name, notability, notable, paladin, paragon, part, passion, person, personage, piece, pleiad, prima ballerina, prima donna, principal, protagonist, role, runner-up, Samson, shoo-in, side,
singer, somebody, soubrette, stalwart, star, subduer, superhuman, superstar, tiger, toast, top dog, valiant, vanquisher, victor, villain, walk on, winner, worthy
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