Associations to the word «Antihero»

Wiktionary

ANTIHERO, noun. (literature) (gaming) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.

Dictionary definition

ANTIHERO, noun. A protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope