Definition for Epic:

• Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.

Synonyms for Epic:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • larger-than-life,
  • epic.
  •astronomical (adjective)
  • very big,
  • considerable,
  • jumbo,
  • Mega,
  • colossal,
  • very large,
  • monumental,
  • sizeable,
  • gigantic,
  • mammoth,
  • whopping,
  • astronomic,
  • tremendous,
  • enormous,
  • vast,
  • massive,
  • ginormous,
  • prodigious.
  •heroic (adjective)
  • exaggerated,
  • courageous,
  • noble,
  • gritty,
  • gutsy,
  • dauntless,
  • high-flown,
  • valorous,
  • daring,
  • grand,
  • stouthearted,
  • fearless,
  • gallant,
  • undaunted,
  • intrepid,
  • unafraid,
  • doughty,
  • mythological,
  • bold,
  • elevated,
  • valiant,
  • inflated.
  •poetic (adjective)
  • Odic,
  • iambic,
  • dramatic,
  • imaginative,
  • dactylic,
  • anapestic,
  • tuneful,
  • idyllic,
  • Epodic,
  • pastoral,
  • metrical,
  • rhythmical,
  • melodious,
  • lyrical,
  • elegiac,
  • poetical,
  • songlike.
  •titanic (adjective)
  • Brobdingnagian,
  • towering,
  • titan,
  • elephantine,
  • giant,
  • gargantuan,
  • herculean,
  • monstrous,
  • immense.

• n.

  •
  • light years,
  • ages,
  • hours,
  • months,
  • long.
  •
  • cartoon,
  • B movie,
  • chiller,
  • animation,
  • anime,
  • buddy movie,
  • biopic,
  • chick flick,
  • costume drama,
  • blue movie.
  •
  • bleak,
  • hard,
  • disagreeable,
  • awful,
  • bad,
  • unappealing,
  • harsh,
  • unattractive,
  • unpleasant,
  • objectionable.
  •big (noun)
  • big.
  •chronicle (noun)
  • autobiography,
  • album,
  • account,
  • newsletter,
  • statement,
  • archive,
  • catalog,
  • record,
  • calendar,
  • recital,
  • newspaper,
  • narrative,
  • biography,
  • journal,
  • notebook,
  • daybook,
  • index,
  • enumeration,
  • docket,
  • chronology,
  • register,
  • Cashbook,
  • chronicle,
  • diary,
  • anecdote,
  • inventory,
  • memorandum,
  • yearbook,
  • Bank book,
  • ledger,
  • memo,
  • book,
  • scrapbook,
  • description,
  • log.
  •communication (noun)
  • epos,
  • heroic poem,
  • epic poem.
  •epic (noun)
  • tale,
  • large,
  • epical,
  • legend.
  •heroic (noun)
  • on a grand scale,
  • significant,
  • major,
  • historic,
  • homeric,
  • momentous,
  • huge.
  •history (noun)
  • Memoirs,
  • version,
  • relation,
  • annals,
  • narration,
  • report,
  • recapitulation.
  •poem (noun)
  • LINEs,
  • writing,
  • words,
  • beat,
  • creation,
  • composition,
  • lyric,
  • song,
  • poetry.
  •saga (noun)
  • soap opera,
  • yarn,
  • adventure.
  •story (noun)
  • article,
  • gag,
  • information,
  • romance,
  • fiction,
  • allegory,
  • apologue,
  • feature,
  • novel,
  • fable,
  • parable,
  • cliffhanger,
  • serial,
  • myth.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • eon,
  • tearjerker,
  • farce,
  • doggerel,
  • aeon,
  • unconvincing,
  • screenplay,
  • urban myth,
  • overripe,
  • tragic,
  • prequel,
  • racy,
  • mythic,
  • untold,
  • tall tale,
  • gory,
  • legendary,
  • masque,
  • truthful,
  • black comedy,
  • swashbuckling,
  • subplot,
  • folk tale,
  • horror story,
  • romantic,
  • autobiographical,
  • mystery play,
  • horror,
  • lament,
  • elegy,
  • nonlinear,
  • faction,
  • oral history,
  • month,
  • fairy tale,
  • life history,
  • romp,
  • folklore,
  • juicy,
  • tragicomedy,
  • nursery rhyme,
  • pantomime,
  • abridged,
  • epigram,
  • free verse,
  • melodrama,
  • threnody,
  • cock-and-bull story,
  • rime,
  • ghost story,
  • psalm,
  • comedy,
  • fictional,
  • suspenseful,
  • trilogy,
  • tell-all,
  • eternity,
  • picaresque,
  • passion play,
  • mythical,
  • classic,
  • fanfic,
  • two-hander,
  • fantasy,
  • age,
  • fictitious,
  • detective,
  • historical,
  • ditty,
  • tragedy,
  • thriller,
  • filmic,
  • spine-chilling,
  • parody,
  • life story,
  • biographical,
  • sequel,
  • ode.
  •
  • follow up,
  • year,
  • textured,
  • adaptation,
  • hour,
  • ballad,
  • light year,
  • mystery,
  • musical.
  •
  • tableau,
  • full-length,
  • drama,
  • rhyme.
  •
  • mime,
  • play,
  • cycle.
  •
  • lay.
  •
  • HIT.

Paraphrases for Epic:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    narrative.
  • Verb, past participle
    wicked.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    saga, sendoff.

Antonyms for Epic:

• adj.

  • astronomical
    small, insignificant.
  • heroic
    timid, fearful, afraid, meek, cowardly.
  • immortal
    unknown, mortal, infamous, unimportant.
  • poetic
    prosaic.
  • Other antonyms:
    unprepossessing, sordid, humble, paltry, mediocre, mean, common, puny, modest, second-rate, run-of-the-mill, measly, petty, trifling, abject, unimposing, unimpressive, trivial, average, little, lowly, meretricious, unheroic, shabby, ordinary.

• n.

  • epic
    short story.
  • poem
    prose.

Epic Sentence Examples:

• Turning from tragedy to epic, he did not now, like Andronicus, translate from the Greek, but launched out on the new venture of a Roman epic.

• This legend of an epic hour A child I dreamed, and dream it still, Under the great grey water - tower That strikes the stars on Campden Hill.

Homophones for Epic:

• evacuee, episcia, effigy, effuse, eyepiece, eohippus, eaves, efface, epos, EbS, euphausiacea, epoxy, euphagus, efficacious, epizoic, epiphysis, Ephesus, epoch, efficacy, epigaea, evoke.

Hypernym for Epic:

• n.

  • communication
    heroic meter, heroic verse, Chanson De Geste, rhapsody, heroic.

Hyponym for Epic:

• n.

  • communication
    verse form, poem.