superhero

English

Etymology

super- +‎ hero

Noun

Mighty Mouse in "Wolf! Wolf!" (1945)

superhero (plural superheroes)

1. Any kind of fantasy/science fiction crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature.

Antonyms

• supervillain

Related terms

• superheroic
• superheroine
• superhuman
• superman

Translations

a fictional crime-fighting character with superpowers

• Bulgarian: супергеро́й m (supergerój)
• Catalan: superheroi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超級英雄／超级英雄 (chāojí yīngxióng), 超级英雄 (chāojí yīngxióng)

• Danish: superhelt m
• Dutch: superheld (nl) m
• Esperanto: superheroo
• Estonian: superkangelane
• Finnish: supersankari (fi)
• French: super-héros (fr) m
• Galician: superheroe m
• Georgian: სუპერგმირი (suṗergmiri)
• German: Superheld (de) m
• Greek: υπερήρωας (el) m (yperíroas)
• Hindi: सुपर हीरो m (supar hīro)
• Hungarian: szuperhős (hu)
• Icelandic: ofurhetja f
• Irish: sárlaoch m
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• Italian: supereroe (it) m
• Japanese: スーパーヒーロー (sūpāhīrō)
• Korean: 슈퍼히어로 (syupeohieoro)
• Latvian: supervaronis
• Lithuanian: superherojus
• Luxembourgish: Superheld
• Malay: adiwira (ms)
• Mongolian: супер баатар (super baatar)
• Polish: superbohater (pl) m
• Portuguese: super-herói (pt)
• Russian: супергеро́й (ru) m (supergerój)
• Spanish: superhéroe (es)
• Swahili: shujaa wa ajabu m
• Swedish: superhjälte (sv) m
• Thai: ซูเปอร์ฮีโร่ (sūpexr̒ḥīrò)
• Turkish: süper kahraman m
• Ukrainian: супергеро́й m (superherój)
• Vietnamese: siêu anh hùng