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nonhero

nonhero noun: a character, especially a protagonist, who is not a hero.

Noun

nonhero (plural nonheroes)

  1. A character, especially a protagonist, who is not a hero.
    • It doesn’t matter if that’s really his name, though, because like Melville’s enlightened nonhero, this man does not expect to survive the journey.2007 February 4, Kaiama L. Glover, “American Dream Deferred”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    unhero

nonhero meaning in Bengali

nonhero in Bengali

কোনো চরিত্র, যিনি নায়ক নন

Synonyms of nonhero

Forms of nonhero

pluralnonheroes

Origin of nonhero

From non- + hero.

Words that rhyme with nonhero

Questions about nonhero

What does nonhero mean?
Nonhero means a character, especially a protagonist, who is not a hero.
What is nonhero in Bengali?
Nonhero in Bengali is কোনো চরিত্র, যিনি নায়ক নন. See Nonhero meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is nonhero?
Nonhero is a noun.
What is the plural of nonhero?
The plural of nonhero is nonheroes.

Words near nonhero in the dictionary

  1. nonheritage
  2. nonhermeneutic
  3. nonhermeneutical
  4. nonhermetic
  5. nonherniated
  6. nonhero
  7. nonheroes
  8. nonheroic
  9. nonheterocyclic
  10. nonheterocystous
  11. nonheterogeneity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nonhero (page history and authors); nonhero (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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