
head | head: n. 1 skull, pate, cranium, Colloq dome, Slang coco(nut), belfry, noggin, bean, nut, rocker, noodle, gourd, Brit conk, crumpet, noddle, loaf: She laid her head on the pillow and fell sound asleep. 2 chief, leader, administrator, chief executive officer, CEO, (managing) director, MD, president, chairman, chairwoman, chairlady, chairperson, chair, employer, principal, superintendent, supervisor, governor, prime minister, headmaster, headmistress, Colloq boss, headman, the man, Brit guv''nor, guv, US (chief) honcho; Slang big cheese, US Mr Big: The new head has called a meeting of the board of directors. 3 front, vanguard, forefront, van, fore-part: At the head of the column marched the general himself. 4 aptitude, intellect, intelligence, talent, perception, perceptiveness, mentality, faculty, flair, genius, brain, mind, wit, Colloq brains, grey matter: I have no head for figures. 5 crisis, apex, (critical or turning) point, peak, crest, (fever) pitch, climax, culmination, conclusion, crescendo: Matters have been brought to a head because of the coming elections. 6 source, origin, fount, font, fountain-head, well-spring: We were trying to reach the head of the stream before nightfall. 7 top, first place, leading position, leadership, forefront: Albert is at the head of his class in mathematics. 8 head over heels. completely, entirely, deeply, utterly, wholly, fully, Colloq madly, wildly: The two of them are head over heels in love. --adj. 9 first, chief, main, principal, leading, premier, foremost, prime, pre-eminent, cardinal, paramount, supreme, superior, senior: Alphonse is our new head chef. --v. 10 go, move, proceed, turn, steer, aim, point, head for, make a beeline for: I shall head home when I leave here. 11 head up, be in or take charge (of), direct, supervise, oversee, control, govern, run, (take the) lead, guide, manage, command, rule, administer, conduct: Who will head the organization if you resign? 12 lead, precede, top: Charlotte heads the list of candidates. 13 head off. a intercept, divert; cut off, stop, block: The cavalry will head them off at the pass. b stop, forestall, prevent, inhibit, avert, ward or fend off: What can we do to head off inflation?
headache | headache: n. 1 migraine, Technical cephalalgia: Hazel says she has a headache and cannot come to work today. 2 worry, bother, vexation, inconvenience, nuisance, annoyance, problem, difficulty, trouble, bane, Colloq pain (in the neck), Slang pain in the Brit arse or US ass: The balance of payments deficit is a perpetual headache.
headway | headway: n. 1 progress, forward motion, improvement: Headway against that current was almost impossible. Any headway to report? 2 make headway. advance, progress, move forward, go, gain (ground), get or go ahead, proceed, get going: I tried to persuade her but haven''t made much headway.
heal | heal: v. 1 cure, repair, renew, revitalize, rejuvenate, restore; mend, recuperate, recover, improve: The wounds have healed. The ointment healed his wounds. I heal quickly. 2 reconcile, settle, patch up, put or set straight or right, remedy, repair, mend: His only wish was to heal the rift with his brother.
health | health: n. 1 condition, fitness, trim, fettle, form, constitution: My health has improved enough for me to return to work. 2 healthiness, haleness, healthfulness, robustness, vigour, vigorousness, salubrity, salubriousness, well-being, strength: The health of the economy is good.
healthy | healthy: adj. 1 well, fit, trim, in good or fine fettle or shape, in good health, robust, hale (and hearty), sturdy, strong, vigorous, thriving, flourishing, Colloq in the pink: How come he is so healthy if he smokes? 2 wholesome, healthful, salubrious, salutary, beneficial, nourishing, nutritious, tonic, bracing: The answer lies in eating healthy food and living in a healthy climate.
heap | heap: n. 1 collection, pile, mound, stack, accumulation, aggregation, agglomeration, congeries, conglomeration, hoard, mass, store, mountain, stockpile, supply, Colloq US and Canadian stash: Donors contributed a huge heap of clothing for the sale. 2 Often, heaps. abundance, plethora, superabundance, lot(s), plenty, great deal, scores, peck, sea, Colloq lashings, load(s), piles, ton(s), raft(s), pots, oodles, scad(s), US and Canadian slew: It was served with heaps of chocolate sauce. Heaps of people bought your record. You''re in for a heap of trouble. --v. 3 collect, gather, harvest, reap, glean, garner, pile (up), accumulate, cumulate, aggregate, amass, stockpile, save (up), bank, lay by or up or in, set aside, Colloq stash (away): In autumn, squirrels heap up their supplies of nuts for the winter. 4 shower, load, bestow, give, provide, burden: The grateful prince heaped us with treasure beyond imagination.
hear | hear: v. 1 perceive, understand, listen (to), attend (to), pay attention (to), catch, heed, hark (to): Please hear what I have to say first. 2 understand, learn, discover, find out, gather, get wind of, pick up, ascertain, be told or advised or informed: I hear you''re thinking of resigning. 3 hear of. entertain, consider; approve (of), sanction, condone, agree or consent or assent to: I won''t hear of your leaving.
heart | heart: n. 1 Colloq ticker, pump: The doctor says I have a dicky heart. 2 stomach, nerve, courage, bravery, mettle, will, boldness, pluck, resolution, determination; callousness, insensitivity, heartlessness; Colloq guts, spunk: I haven''t the heart to tell him that his hamster died. 3 (basic) nature, core, centre, focus, hub, middle, marrow, pith, essence, quintessence, nucleus, nub, crux, basics, fundamentals, Colloq nitty-gritty: Let''s get down to the heart of the matter. 4 sincerity, sentiment(s), feeling(s), spirit, verve, enthusiasm: She''s going through the motions, but her heart isn''t in her work. 5 humanity, humanitarianism, sympathy, understanding, kindness, kindliness, compassion, empathy, goodness, consideration, concern, soul, tenderness, magnanimity, generosity, sensitivity, sensibility, sentiment, pity, (brotherly) love, affection: Mother Theresa is known for having a lot of heart. Have you no heart, Genghis?
heartbroken | heartbroken: adj. broken-hearted, downhearted, dispirited, unhappy, miserable, grief-stricken, upset, dejected, heartsick, crestfallen, despondent, depressed, disconsolate, distressed, woebegone, doleful, sorrowful, mournful, morose, disheartened, disappointed, crushed: Lucy was heartbroken over the loss of her locket.
heartfelt | heartfelt: adj. sincere, honest, genuine, unfeigned, earnest, serious, wholehearted, deep, profound, dedicated, devoted, ardent, committed, fervent, fervid, hearty, passionate: It is my heartfelt wish that you should succeed.
heartless | heartless: adj. cruel, hard-hearted, callous, unconcerned, inhuman, inhumane, unkind, unfeeling, unsympathetic, brutal, cold, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, cold-blooded: Taking away the child''s toys was a heartless thing to do.
heart-rending | heart-rending: adj. agonizing, distressing, excruciating, bitter, painful, heartbreaking, harrowing, piteous, tragic, depressing, poignant: Her distress was heart-rending to behold.
heart-warming | heart-warming: adj. 1 moving, touching, warming, affecting, uplifting, inspiriting, cheering, encouraging: I heard the heart-warming news about Alan''s recovery. 2 satisfying, gratifying, pleasing, comforting, pleasurable, rewarding: It was heart-warming to see the family together at Christmas.
hearty | hearty: adj. 1 genial, warm, kind-hearted, affectionate, amiable, amicable, friendly, affable, cordial, open, convivial: I was greeted by a hearty welcome when I returned. 2 genuine, unfeigned, authentic, sincere, heartfelt, warm, wholehearted, honest, earnest, devout, stalwart, stout: Please give Desmond my hearty congratulations. 3 enthusiastic, vigorous, energetic, eager, zealous, exuberant, robust, active, animated, strong: They are hearty supporters of our cause. 4 abundant, ample, substantial, solid, sizeable, satisfying, square; nourishing, invigorating, strengthening: On Sundays, we had a hearty meal at midday when we could afford it. 5 healthy, hale, vigorous, robust, strong, sound: Well, Eric, now that you''re over your malaria you appear to be quite hearty.
heat | heat: n. 1 warmth, warmness, hotness, fever, fieriness, torridity or torridness: The heat of the sun feels good after that cold swim. 2 passion, ardour, fervour, fervidness, intensity, fury, zeal, zealousness, earnestness, vehemence, eagerness, enthusiasm, excitement, tenseness, tension, stress, agitation, arousal, impetuosity, stimulation, exhilaration: If I shouted at you in the heat of the moment, I apologize. --v. 3 warm (up): It costs a lot to heat this house. 4 Often, heat up. excite, intensify, impassion, inflame, kindle, ignite, quicken, inspirit, rouse, awaken or waken, stir, animate, stimulate, warm (up), activate, Colloq Brit hot up: It took a while for the debate to heat up.
heated | heated: adj. impassioned, excited, intensified, aroused, quickened, stimulated, inflamed, vehement, fiery, frenzied, frantic, frenetic, passionate, fervent, fervid, ardent, intense, furious, stormy, tempestuous, violent; angry, bitter: There was a heated dispute over animal rights, which finally led to blows.
heathen | heathen: n. 1 unbeliever, infidel, pagan, idolater or idolatress, polytheist, atheist, nullifidian, sceptic, agnostic, heretic: One often finds more mercy in a heathen than in a brother Christian. --adj. 2 infidel, pagan, atheist(ic), godless, nullifidian, sceptic(al), doubting, agnostic, heretical, irreligious: After the missionaries left, the tribe returned to their heathen practices. 3 savage, barbarian, barbaric, uncivilized, primitive, unenlightened, uncultured, Philistine; polytheistic, pantheistic: Each of these tribesmen carries with him a tiny sculptured image of the heathen god.
heave | heave: v. 1 raise, lift, hoist, haul, pull, draw, tug; move: We heaved in the anchor and made sail. 2 throw, toss, hurl, fling, cast, sling, pitch, let fly, send, launch, Colloq peg, chuck: When he heaved the sword into the lake a hand rose from the waters and caught it. 3 breathe, utter, sigh, groan, moan, gasp: We heaved a sigh of relief when we heard that they had been found. 4 gag, retch, vomit, be sick, regurgitate, disgorge, Colloq throw up, Slang puke, lose one''s lunch, return one''s dinner, US upchuck, spiff one''s biscuits: The smell of petrol always makes me heave.
heaven | heaven: n. 1 paradise, bliss, hereafter, nirvana, Abraham''s bosom, Elysian Fields or Elysium, Valhalla, Zion, happy hunting-grounds, Avalon, Isles of the Blessed, the Blessed or Fortunate or Happy Isles or Islands: Will I go to heaven when I die? 2 heavens. sky, skies, firmament, Literary welkin, empyrean: The heavens opened and the rain started to pour down. 3 happiness, bliss, joy, rapture, ecstasy, paradise, contentment, seventh heaven, Eden, Garden of Eden, Utopia, heaven on earth, paradise on earth: Darby said that his years with Joan had been sheer heaven.
heavenly | heavenly: adj. 1 divine, angelic, seraphic, celestial, holy, immortal, blessed, beatific, beatified, spiritual, saintly; supernal, unearthly, other-worldly, ultramundane, extramundane, extraterrestrial: Alone on the mountain, she heard a heavenly voice calling her name. 2 delightful, wonderful, marvellous, sublime, paradisiac(al) or paradisaic(al), glorious, splendid, superb, exquisite, perfect, ideal, excellent, fantastic, rapturous, entrancing, blissful, Colloq gorgeous, divine, smashing, great: Andr�''s serves a perfectly heavenly lobster thermidor.
heavy | heavy: adj. 1 weighty, ponderous, massive, Literary massy; compact, dense: This box is much too heavy for me to lift. 2 abundant, overflowing, excessive, copious, profuse, prodigious, ample, unmanageable: We just crawled along in the heavy traffic. 3 serious, grave, important, crucial, critical, acute: You always bring up heavy topics at the end of the meeting. 4 burdensome, onerous, oppressive, weighty, unbearable, severe, grievous, distressful, sore, intolerable, insupportable or unsupportable, awful: Teenagers often feel that they are weighed down with heavy responsibilities. 5 sad, sorrowful, distressing, grievous, upsetting, depressing, gloomy, sombre, melancholy: Some heavy news has been received from the front. 6 unhappy, miserable, depressed, melancholy, grieving, sad, dejected, downhearted, disconsolate, downcast, despondent, gloomy, heavy-hearted, morose, crestfallen, cheerless: Heavy at heart, he returned to his cheerless home. 7 ponderous, tedious, monotonous, boring, uninteresting, leaden, dull, prosaic, dry, dry-as-dust, stodgy, staid, stuffy, stifling, stultifying: The critics found the style much too heavy for the subject being treated. 8 thick, coarse, broad, blunt, clumsy, ungraceful: These heavy brush-strokes prove that the painting is not a Turner. 9 gloomy, cloudy, overcast, bleak, dismal, dreary, leaden, grey, dark, louring or lowering, threatening: it was another of Scotland''s heavy February days. 10 intense, concentrated, severe, forceful, violent, torrential: The snowfall was the heaviest of the year. 11 overweight, fat, obese, stout, chubby, plump, corpulent, portly, paunchy, tubby, Brit podgy or US pudgy, Colloq beer-bellied: The doctor did not say I was too heavy, only that I ought to be six inches taller. 12 weighty, difficult, complex, recondite, arcane, deep, profound, esoteric, incomprehensible, impenetrable, unfathomable: He specializes in some heavy subject like micro-palaeontology. 13 burdened, laden, encumbered, loaded, overloaded, weighed down: We spied two Indiamen, heavy with cargoes of spices, sailing towards us.
heavy-handed | heavy-handed: adj. 1 awkward, clumsy, inept, maladroit, unskilful, ungraceful, graceless, bungling: She made a heavy-handed attempt to apologize. 2 autocratic, imperious, magisterial, overbearing, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannical, oppressive, domineering, iron-handed, harsh, severe: For more than 30 years he exercised heavy-handed control over the country.
heckle | heckle: v. badger, pester, annoy, irritate, bother, nettle, bait, harass, harry, plague, hector, taunt, jeer, Colloq hassle, bug, Brit and Australian and New Zealand barrack: One man kept heckling the speaker with persistent interruptions.
hectic | hectic: adj. feverish, excited, agitated, busy, bustling, rushed, hyperactive, over-active, frenzied, frantic, chaotic, wild, mad, frenetic, riotous: What with the new baby and everyone else having the flu, I''ve had a pretty hectic week.
heed | heed: v. 1 pay attention to, attend, (take or make) note (of), listen to, mark, consider, bear in mind; take, follow, obey, mind, respect, accept, abide by: I wish I had heeded her suggestions for redecorating the house. Heeding his advice, I joined the army. --n. 2 attention, notice, ear, mind, notice, respect, consideration, thought: Let us give heed to the speaker''s admonitions.
heedless | heedless: adj. inattentive, uncaring, unmindful, neglectful, unobservant, regardless; oblivious, deaf, blind: Heedless of tradition, they replaced the older buildings with council housing.
heel� | heel�: n. 1 end, butt or tail or fag (end), stump, remainder, remnant, rind, crust: You can always freeze the heel of a loaf to use at some later date for breadcrumbs. 2 cad, scoundrel, swine, rogue, scamp, philanderer, Old-fashioned worm, knave, Chiefly Brit blackguard, Colloq Brit rotter, Old-fashioned bounder, Slang bastard, Brit sod: He''s an absolute heel - he got her pregnant and then left her. 3 down at heel. US also down at the heels; poor, destitute, impoverished, down and out, on (one''s) uppers, in straitened circumstances; shabby, seedy, dowdy, run-down, slovenly, Brit out at elbows, US out at the elbows, Colloq broke, strapped: Farrington looked down at heel, so I slipped him a fiver. 4 take to (one''s) heels. take flight, flee, escape, run off or away, show a clean pair of heels, Colloq split, Brit do a moonlight flit, US take a (run-out) powder, fly the coop, Australian and New Zealand shoot through: When I mentioned payment, she took to her heels. --v. 5 dog, follow (closely), shadow, chase, pursue: We have taught our puppy to heel.
heel� | heel�: v. list, lean (over), tilt, tip, incline: The boat heeled as we turned to beat into the wind.
hefty | hefty: adj. 1 big, large, bulky, cumbersome, awkward, unwieldy, clumsy, substantial, massive: That''s a pretty hefty box for one person to carry. 2 brawny, strong, powerful, burly, muscular, strapping, rugged, robust, Colloq husky, beefy: That hefty man over there is the Olympic weight-lifting champion. 3 substantial, considerable, sizeable, impressive, enormous, huge, Colloq thumping or Brit socking great: I''ve just received a hefty increase in salary.
height | height: n. 1 altitude, elevation, level; tallness: At what height is the second camp on Mount Everest? The height of the skyscrapers impressed me. 2 acme, crest, pinnacle, top, zenith, apogee, peak, apex, maximum, high point, summit, climax, culmination, extreme: Popularity of that style reached its height in the 1930s. His remark reflected the height of arrogance. 3 Often, heights. elevation, mound, hill, eminence, prominence, mountain, peak, crag, summit; tor, cliff, bluff, promontory, escarpment, scarp, headland, No. Brit fell: As we gazed down from the heights, the villages seemed tiny.
heighten | heighten: v. 1 raise, elevate, build up, increase, lift (up), upraise: A white ceiling gives the effect of heightening a room. 2 intensify, deepen, strengthen, reinforce, amplify, magnify, increase, enhance, augment, add to, supplement: Adding some blue heightens the effect. The bribery scandal has only heightened distrust of the ruling party.
heir | heir: n. heiress, beneficiary, inheritor, legatee, successor: What if you are not the rightful heir to the estate?
hell | hell: n. 1 Erebus, Hades, Acheron, Tartarus, Gehenna, Tophet, Abaddon, Pandemonium, Dis, Sheol, Avernus, underworld, infernal regions, abyss, abode of the damned, inferno, hell-fire, lower world, nether regions, bottomless pit, other place: For his sins he was condemned to everlasting hell. 2 chaos, misery, torment, agony, torture, ordeal, nightmare, trial: The office has been an absolute hell since you left. 3 anguish, pain, agony, torment, torture, misery, suffering, affliction: We have been through hell since Grenville''s heart attack. 4 criticism, censure; scolding, castigation, reprimand, upbraiding: My mother gave me hell for getting home late.
helm | helm: n. 1 tiller, wheel, rudder, steering gear or apparatus: I had to put the helm over hard to avoid hitting the pier. 2 directorship, presidency, chairmanship, leadership, control, rule, command, Colloq driver''s seat, saddle: Arthur remained at the helm of the company for 40 years.
help | help: v. 1 aid, assist, lend a hand, support, serve; succour: Let me help you carry that package, Mrs Smith. His charitable efforts have long helped the poor. 2 relieve, alleviate, mitigate, improve, facilitate, ease, better, remedy, cure: Complaining about it won''t help the situation. 3 stop, refrain from, avoid, eschew, resist, keep from, forbear, escape: I know it was a secret but I couldn''t help telling Sam. 4 assist, serve, advise, inform: May I help you, sir? 5 help oneself. appropriate, take, arrogate, commandeer, expropriate; steal, purloin, usurp, plagiarize, pirate, Colloq pinch, lift, Brit nick, US boost: She helped herself to some money from the till. --n. 6 aid, support, succour, assistance: I need help in solving this problem. 7 employee(s), worker(s), staff, helper(s), hand(s), assistant(s), labourer(s), domestic(s), servant(s), Brit daily (help): We have to hire more help to finish on time. 8 supporter, aide, assistant, helper: You have been a great help to me. 9 relief, remedy, cure, balm: This ointment has been a great help in stopping the itching.
helpful | helpful: adj. useful, serviceable, practical, pragmatic, utilitarian, beneficial, valuable, profitable, advantageous, constructive, productive; supportive, reassuring, sympathetic, considerate, caring, accommodating, kind, considerate, cooperative, neighbourly, friendly, benevolent: A reference book might be helpful in answering that question. Mrs Carlyle gave me such helpful advice.
helping | helping: n. serving, portion, ration, plateful, Brit help, Colloq dollop: He has already asked for a third helping of potatoes.
helpless | helpless: adj. 1 dependent, vulnerable, weak, helpless, feeble, infirm, lame, crippled, disabled: The disease has left him completely helpless. 2 confused, baffled, mystified, bewildered, perplexed, at sea, confounded, muddled, nonplussed: I am completely helpless when it comes to balancing my accounts. 3 weakened, weak, debilitated, faint, enfeebled, feeble, worn out, spent, exhausted, prostrate, enervated: All of us were simply helpless from laughing so much. 4 worthless, incapable, incompetent, useless, unavailing, inefficient, inept, unfit, unqualified: Dali was said to be helpless without Gala to manage his affairs.
helter-skelter | helter-skelter: adj. 1 disorderly, disorganized, confused, muddled, haphazard, careless, jumbled, random, topsy-turvy, Colloq higgledy-piggledy: How can one find anything in this helter-skelter mess? --adv. 2 confusedly, pell-mell, in all directions, recklessly, unsystematically, chaotically, erratically, aimlessly, US every which way, Colloq higgledy-piggledy: When the giant appeared, the children ran away, helter-skelter.
hence | hence: adv. 1 therefore, consequently, thus, accordingly, ergo, as a result, for that or this reason: She has homework to do, hence cannot go to the cinema. 2 away, from here or this place: Get thee hence, you wicked witch! 3 from now, in the future: Where will I be two years hence?
henceforth | henceforth: adv. hereafter, henceforward, from now on, Colloq US from here on out: Henceforth, make no more personal remarks.
henchman | henchman: n. (fellow-) mobster or gangster or hoodlum, gangster, bodyguard, myrmidon, right-hand man, associate, attendant, follower, supporter, confidant, crony, Colloq sidekick, hooligan, Brit minder, US buddy, cohort; Slang heavy, US torpedo, gunsel, goon: Mr Big strutted in with his henchmen and wrecked the place.
henpeck | henpeck: v. nag, harass, hector, pester, torment, bully, carp, cavil: She henpecked him so much that he finally left her.
herd | herd: n. 1 group, pack, bunch, cluster, flock, crowd, multitude, host, horde, throng, mass, swarm, press, crush; assemblage, collection: A herd of protesters gathered before the embassy. 2 common herd, rabble, hoi polloi, great unwashed, riff-raff, masses: How can you expect the herd to understand these principles? --v. 3 gather, congregate, flock, assemble, collect: The reporters herded round to interview the minister. 4 round up, gather (together), shepherd, drive, W US and Canadian wrangle, corral: Herd those cattle into the pen.
hereditary | hereditary: adj. 1 heritable, inheritable, transmissible, transferable or transferrable, inherited, genetic, congenital, inborn, innate; atavistic: Green eyes and red hair are hereditary in our family. 2 traditional, handed down, inherited, bequeathed, willed; ancestral: Priesthood was hereditary among Aaron''s descendants. These are the hereditary lands that go with the castle.
heretical | heretical: adj. unorthodox, heterodox, impious, freethinking, heretic, apostate or apostatical, iconoclastic, schismatic, sceptic, agnostic, atheist(ic), idolatrous, heathen, pagan, infidel, godless: The purpose of the Inquisition was to discover and suppress heretical views.
heritage | heritage: n. 1 estate, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, birthright: The manor-house was included in the heritage that was passed on to me. 2 tradition: The documentary examines our cultural heritage.
hermetic | hermetic: adj. hermetical, airtight, sealed; impervious: If the hermetic seal is broken, sterility is not guaranteed.
hermit | hermit: n. recluse, eremite, anchorite or anchoret or anchoress, solitary, stylite: He has retired from the world to become a hermit.
hero | hero: n. 1 heroine, champion, exemplar, star, superstar, idol, ideal, man of the hour, luminary, notable, celebrity; knight, paladin, warrior: She was a hero to every aspiring woman lawyer. She expects a hero in shining armour on a white horse to sweep her off her feet. 2 protagonist, (male) lead or star, leading man or actor, principal: G�rard Depardieu plays the hero in this lavishly produced film.
heroic | heroic: adj. 1 brave, courageous, bold, valiant, valorous, undaunted, dauntless, stout-hearted, noble, intrepid, gallant, chivalrous, daring, plucky, audacious, fearless, manly, virile, manful: We published a book about Aylesworthy''s heroic exploits. 2 noble, altruistic, magnanimous, generous, upstanding, honourable, virtuous, staunch, steadfast, stalwart, determined: This plaque commemorates Manzanilla''s heroic work in curbing religious persecution. 3 desperate, drastic, extreme: Despite heroic efforts, it was impossible to rescue the entire crew. 4 grand, larger than life, exaggerated, magniloquent, grandiose, extravagant; giant, gigantic, enormous, huge, titanic, colossal, stupendous: The heroic phrases of the demagogue still ring in my ears. Statues of heroic proportions have been moved from Abu Simbel. 5 mythological, epic, Homeric, legendary, classical, fabulous, wonderful, miraculous: He enjoyed tales of heroic demigods like Hercules. 6 majestic, lofty, elevated, grand, august, towering, eminent, distinguished, prominent: The entire court was silent as the heroic figure of the emperor entered.
heroine | heroine: n. (female) lead, leading actress or lady, prima donna or ballerina, premi�re danseuse, diva: The heroine was played by Mme Kropeczka.
hesitant | hesitant: adj. 1 hesitating, undecided, uncertain, unsettled, irresolute, vacillating, shilly-shallying, dithering, fluctuating, wavering, unresolved, ambivalent, in or of two minds, indefinite, Brit havering: He was hesitant about whether to buy the blue or the green model. 2 halting, stammering, stuttering, faltering: From her hesitant speech I''d say she was nervous.
hesitate | hesitate: v. 1 delay, hold or hang back, pause, dilly-dally, wait, temporize, think twice, balk, boggle at, shrink from, demur, scruple, Brit haver, jib, Colloq stall: He who hesitates is lost. 2 fumble, equivocate, tergiversate, fluctuate, alternate, waver, dither, vacillate, shilly-shally: He hesitated between the doors - did this one conceal the lady or the tiger? 3 stammer, stutter, falter, sputter, splutter, stumble, hem and haw: She hesitated throughout the speech purely from stage fright.
