superhero
/ˈs(j)upɚhɪɹoʊ/
superhero noun: any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things.
Noun
superhero (plural superheroes)
- Any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things.
- Hobbes: Super heroes wear snow pants?
Stupendous Man: When there's snow out, they do!1990 February 13, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic)
- Hobbes: Super heroes wear snow pants?
- A particularly renowned real-world hero, or one who has seemingly impossible abilities.
- The power is out but you're watching TV? You must be a superhero.
- Thanks for driving out here and towing me out of the ditch. You're a superhero!
superhero meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
superhero in Hindi
- a fictional crime-fighting character with superpowers
- सुपर हीरो supar hīro
superhero in Tamil
- superhero
- மீநாயகன் mīnāyakaṉ
superhero in Marathi
- a fictional crime-fighting character with superpowers
- सुपरहिरो suparhiro
superhero in Bengali
- সুপারহিরো
More languagesFewer languages
- superhero in Telugu
- సూపర్హీరో
- superhero in Malayalam
- സൂപ്പർഹീറോ
- superhero in Kannada
- ಸೂಪರ್ಹೀರೋ
- superhero in Punjabi
- ਸੁਪਰਹੀਰੋ
- superhero in Gujarati
- સુપરહિરો
- superhero in Odia
- ସୁପରହିରୋ, ସୁପରହୀରୋ
- superhero in Nepali
- सुपरहिरो, सुपरहीरो
- superhero in Malay
- adiwira
- superhero in Thai
- ซูเปอร์ฮีโร่ sūpexr̒ḥīrò, ยอดมนุษย์ yɔ̂ɔt-má-nút
- superhero in Vietnamese
- siêu anh hùng
Examples of superhero in a sentence
- Did you know your community has many invisible superheroes?1991, Boys' Life, volume 81, number 1, page 42:
- Pull me out of the aircrash / Pull me out of the lake / 'Cause I'm your superhero1997, “Lucky”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead:
Antonyms of superhero
Forms of superhero
| plural | superheroes |
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Origin of superhero
From super- + hero. First attested in 1917.
Words formed from superhero
Phrases with superhero
Questions about superhero
- What does superhero mean?
- Superhero means any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things.
- What is superhero in Hindi?
- Superhero in Hindi is सुपर हीरो (supar hīro). See Superhero meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use superhero in a sentence?
- Did you know your community has many invisible superheroes?
- What part of speech is superhero?
- Superhero is a noun.
- How do you pronounce superhero?
- Superhero is pronounced /ˈs(j)upɚhɪɹoʊ/ (US).
- What is the plural of superhero?
- The plural of superhero is superheroes.
Words near superhero in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: superhero (page history and authors); மீநாயகன் (Tamil) (page history and authors); superhero (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); superhero (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); superhero (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); superhero (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); superhero (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); superhero (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); superhero (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); superhero (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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