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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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Ms. Morrison wanted to infuse opera with new people, new voices, new forms, and stories that didn’t necessarily end with dead heroines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Orchards, wildernesses and bowers abound in her fiction, where her heroines contemplate curated views or scamper across fields and over stiles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

George Cukor’s black-and-white vision traipses its heroines through dress fittings, manicures and facials, day drinking and backstabbing all the way, save for an interruption by a Technicolor fashion show.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

Wicks gives Anne the heartfelt complexity of one of her husband’s bright comic heroines.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025

I couldn’t tell where the stories left off and the dreams began, her voice the voice of the heroines in my sleep.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston