Hero vs. Villain

Heronoun

Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary deeds.

Heronoun

A role model.

Heronoun

(authorship) The main protagonist in a work of fiction.

Heronoun

(poker) The current player, especially an hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: any opponent player. Not to be confused with a weak call against a supposed bluff.

Heronoun

(US) A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.

Heronoun

The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed.

Heronoun

An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

Heronoun

A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or illustrious person.

Heronoun

The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Æneas in the Æneid.

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a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength;

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the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem

Heronoun

someone who fights for a cause

Heronoun

Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

Heronoun

(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god

Heronoun

(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her

Heronoun

a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

Hero

A hero (heroine in its feminine form) is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength. Like other formerly solely gender-specific terms (like actor), hero is often used to refer to any gender, though heroine only refers to women.

Villainnoun

en A vile, wicked person.

Villainnoun

An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.

Villainnoun

A deliberate scoundrel.

Villainnoun

The bad person in a work of fiction; often the main antagonist of the hero.

Villainnoun

(poker) Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: the current player.

Villainnoun

archaic form of villein

Villainverb

To debase; to degrade.

Villainnoun

One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.

Villainnoun

A baseborn or clownish person; a boor.

Villainnoun

A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp.

Villainadjective

Villainous.

Villainverb

To debase; to degrade.

Villainnoun

a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately

Villainnoun

the principle bad character in a film or work of fiction

Villainnoun

(in a film, novel, or play) a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot

Villainnoun

a criminal

Villainnoun

the person or thing responsible for specified problems, harm, or damage

Villainnoun

variant spelling of villein

Villain

A villain (also known as a or the feminine form is villainess) is a stock character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction. Random House Unabridged Dictionary defines such a character as .