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Spell Bee Word: Heroine


What does heroine mean?

Word: Heroine

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Heroine means a woman admired for her courage or great deeds, or the main female character in a story or film.

Synonyms: champion

Antonyms: villain

How do you spell heroine?

Syllables: her - o - ine

Tricky part: Hero stays whole at the front, and the final e must not be dropped. Mixing up the order of the vowels in the middle is the other common slip.

Watch out for: herowine, hiroine, heroyne

Memory tip: Every heroine starts as a hero on paper: write h-e-r-o in full before anything else.

Heroine in a sentence

Example 1: Serena Williams is a heroine to many young tennis players around the world.

Example 2: The heroine of the book solves the mystery all by herself.

Example 3: When the lights went out, my sister became the heroine of the party with her torch.

Fun Fact

Heroine came into English in the 1600s from Greek, through Latin, where it was already the female form of heros, a hero.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

neiroeh

a) heroine
b) hornet
c) heroism
d) heron

Show answer

a) heroine. Only heroine leaves no letter behind; heron, for one, uses just five of the seven.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

heroinne

a) i
b) n
c) e
d) o

Show answer

b) n. Only one n sits between the i and the final e.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) lionness
b) heroine
c) duchiss
d) actres

Show answer

b) heroine. Duchess, actress and lioness each have a letter changed or doubled here, so heroine is the right one.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sentence uses heroine correctly?

a) The heroine of the story is a boy called Raj.
b) The heroine of the story saves her village.
c) Raj was the heroine of the match with a late goal.
d) The film's heroine is played by Mr Khan.

Show answer

b) The heroine of the story saves her village.

2. Which character is the heroine of the story Cinderella?

a) the fairy godmother
b) the stepmother
c) Cinderella
d) the prince

Show answer

c) Cinderella

Associated Words

Words that end in -ine: genuine, discipline, routine, marine, airline, determine

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: champion

More words from this list

masterful, politician, saffron, temporary, yacht, boar, debate, epicentre

Next steps

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