Hero and Rat

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Hero noun – A person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion.

Rat is an antonym for hero.

Nearby Words: heroic, heroine, heroism, heroically

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Rat noun – A person whose behavior is offensive to others.

Usage example: no one can understand what she finds appealing in a rat like him

Hero is an antonym for rat.

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beloved	beloved hero	beloved rat
old	old hero	old rat
female	female hero	female rat
normal	normal hero	normal rat
Other adjectives: average, original, dead, single, actual, real, little, bad, black, former, last, comic.

Rat-Man usually substitutes the hero in the cover.

Source: Comic Book / Rat-Man
Consequently, if a cat is chasing a mouse, the cat is almost always the villain; if the cat is chasing a rat, he's almost always the hero.

Source: You Dirty Rat
In particular, Justin is a hero who is designed to be as dashingly handsome as one can make a rat and still be recognizable as such.

Source: You Dirty Rat

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Rat and Hero. (2016). Retrieved 2021, February 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hero/rat

Hero & Rat. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Feb. 2021. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hero/rat>.

Rat or Hero. 2016. Accessed February 27, 2021. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hero/rat.

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