Archetype
Archetype noun - Something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed.
Hero and archetype are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hero" instead a noun "Archetype".
Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical
How words are described
| old | old archetype | old hero |
| female | female archetype | female hero |
| typical | typical archetype | typical hero |
| perfect | perfect archetype | perfect hero |
| Other adjectives: certain, alien, original, handsome, true, single, popular, strong, actual, real, male, little, tragic, main, new, major, traditional, classic, different, local. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The film Gunless is both a parody of Westerns in general and a deconstruction of the entire gun-slinging outlaw hero character archetype.
Source: Deconstructive Parody -
He may instead have created an entirely different archetype, the "pathetic hero".
Source: Theatre / Death of a Salesman -
The Byronic Hero is a type of character popularized by the works of Lord Byron, whose protagonists often embodied this archetype, though they existed before him, it became prominent during Romanticism.
Source: Byronic Hero
Cite this Source
Hero and Archetype. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/archetype/hero
Archetype & Hero. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/archetype/hero>.
Hero or Archetype. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/archetype/hero.
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