Heroine Synonyms

hĕrō-ĭn
A female hero
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. celebrity
  2. champion
  3. demigoddess
  4. idol
  5. courageous woman
  6. goddess
  7. ideal
  8. ace
  9. actress
  10. intrepid woman
  11. conqueror
  12. woman of heroic character
  13. woman of the hour
  14. female
  15. woman of the day
  16. leading lady
  17. legend
  18. martyr
  19. protagonist
  20. star
Leading female character in a literary composition
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. protagonist
  2. feminine lead
  3. leading lady
  4. diva
  5. prima-donna
  6. principal female character
  7. female star
  8. female lead
  9. romantic interest
  10. heart interest
  11. girl

Words Related to Heroine

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Heroine Sentence Examples

  • Newly crowned heroine Lydia Larkin won the election by eight votes.

  • The story of the heroine is annually celebrated by a play in which the villagers take part.

  • Medea is the heroine of extant tragedies of Euripides and Seneca; those of Aeschylus and Ennius (adapted from Euripides) are lost.

  • I am the very model of a heroine barbarian!

  • During the latter part of the 19th century a popular cult of the Maid of Orleans sprang up in France, being greatly stimulated by the clerical party, which desired to advertise, in the person of this national heroine, the intimate union between patriotism and the Catholic faith, and for this purpose ardently desired her enrolment among the Saints.

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