Usually means: Protector with extraordinary powers, abilities.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word superhero:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. superhero: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. superhero: Merriam-Webster
  3. superhero: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. superhero: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. superhero: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Superhero, superhero: Wordnik
  7. superhero: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. superhero: Wiktionary
  9. superhero: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. superhero: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. superhero: Dictionary.com
  12. SuperHero, Superhero (Brian McKnight album), Superhero (Gary Barlow song), Superhero (Stephen Lynch album), Superhero (Viki Gabor song), Superhero (band), Superhero (disambiguation), Superhero (genre), Superhero (musical), Superhero: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. superhero: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Superhero: Toonopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  Any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A particularly renowned real-world hero, or one who has seemingly impossible abilities.

Similar:
Super, supe, supervillain, real superhero, supercharacter, superheroics, action hero, hero, superpower, folk hero, more...

Opposite:
villain, antagonist, bad guy

Types:
mutant, metahuman, alien, archer, speedster, brick, acrobat, shapeshifter, telepath, more...

Phrases:
Superhero fiction, Superhero film, Superhero Movie, Superhero comics, Real-life superhero, more...

Adjectives:
comic, first, favorite, new, female, american, own, book, real, black, costumed

Colors:
    red,     blue,     black,     yellow,     green, more...



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Similar:
Super, supe, supervillain, real superhero, supercharacter, superheroics, action hero, hero, superpower, folk hero, more...

Opposite:
villain, antagonist, bad guy

Types:
mutant, metahuman, alien, archer, speedster, brick, acrobat, shapeshifter, telepath, more...

Phrases:
Superhero fiction, Superhero film, Superhero Movie, Superhero comics, Real-life superhero, Bhavesh Joshi Superhero, Rain City Superhero Movement, Superhero Kindergarten, Death of a Superhero, more...

Adjectives:
comic, first, favorite, new, female, american, own, book, real, black, costumed

Colors:
    red,     blue,     black,     yellow,     green, more...



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