heroines

NOUN

brave person; champion

Synonyms

WEAK

ace adventurer celebrity combatant conqueror daredevil demigod diva exemplar gallant god goddess great person heavy ideal idol lead leading person lion martyr model paladin person of the hour popular figure prima donna principal protagonist saint star superstar tin god victor worthy

NOUN

brave woman

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actress celebrity female idol leading lady legend martyr protagonist

STRONG

ace champion conqueror star

WEAK

demigoddess

Antonyms

STRONG

loser

WEAK

hero

Example Sentences

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The statue was commissioned following a BBC Wales Hidden Heroines poll.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2021

Heroines don’t always show up the way that Fran Ross wrote Oreo.

From Washington Times • Mar. 20, 2021

Explore the Enclosed Garden, an immersive online art exhibition from Heroines Wave — an international online center for research and creation — that brings together the work of 30 female artists from 23 countries.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2021

Heroines, real and fictional, abound in children’s and teen books these days.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2017

Isabella is the subject of the Sixth Tale in the Girlhood of Shakspeare's Heroines, by Mary Cowden Clarke, published by Geo.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various