superhero

English

Etymology

super- +‎ hero

Noun

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

superhero (plural superheroes)

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

Translations

a fictional crime-fighting character with superpowers

Bulgarian: супергерой m (supergerój)
Catalan: superheroi m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 超級英雄, 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

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: супергерой m (superherój)
Vietnamese: siêu anh hùng

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