Spell Bee Word: Hero

What does hero mean?

Word: Hero

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Hero means a person admired for being brave or doing something great, or the main male character in a story or film.

Synonyms: champion, star

Antonyms: coward, villain

How do you spell hero?

Syllables: he - ro

Tricky part: Children sometimes spell the first sound with an i, as hiro, or add an e or a w at the end.

Watch out for: hiro, herow, heroe

Memory tip: Hero starts with he, the same two letters as help, and a hero is someone who helps.

Hero in a sentence

Example 1: The lifeguard who pulled the boy out of the waves was a real hero.

Example 2: In the comic, the hero flies across the city at night.

Example 3: My hero is my grandmother, who taught herself to read at sixty.

Fun Fact

Hero reached English from Greek through Latin, so the Greek word heros and the English hero still look almost alike.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Select the feminine form of the word:

hero

a) herwoman
b) heroine
c) herone
d) heroess

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) rescuer
b) herro
c) champion
d) leader

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Everyone in the vilage called the boy who stopped the runaway bullock a hero.

a) runaway
b) bullock
c) hero
d) vilage

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Arjun calls the firefighter who saved his cat 'my hero'. Why?

a) she drove a big red fire engine
b) she lived on the same street
c) she did something brave to help
d) she wore a shiny yellow helmet

2. Which of these people is a real-life hero?

a) a girl who wins a game of ludo
b) a man who buys a new car
c) a boy who skips his homework
d) a doctor working all night at a flood camp