nnoun.communicationa long narrative poem telling of a hero's deedsSynset:epic poem epos heroic poem
Derivationally Related Form:epicepical
Hypernyms:poem verse form
Inherited Hypernyms:epic poempoemliterary compositionwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:chanson de gesteheroicheroic meterheroic verserhapsody
Instance Hyponyms:Aeneid Divina Commedia Divine Comedy Iliad Nibelungenlied Odyssey
Full Hyponyms:chanson de gesteheroic verserhapsody
adj satadj.allvery imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)Synset:heroic larger-than-life
Examples:- an epic voyage
- of heroic proportions
- heroic sculpture
Antonyms:littlesmall
Inherited Hypernyms:epic
Similar to:big large
adjadj.pertconstituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epicSynset:epical
Derivationally Related Form:eposepic
Pertainyms:epic
Inherited Hypernyms:epic