epic

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. heroic, majestic, elevated, noble; Homeric, Virgilian; larger than life, on a grand scale. See greatness. —n. saga, edda; epos, tale; rhapsody, eulogy. See poetry, writing.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. heroic, classic, grand, grandiose, narrative, Homeric, historic, momentous, significant, tremendous, huge, vast, monumental, major, on a grand scale.

Ant. unimportant*, small, lyric.

n.

Syn. narrative poem, heroic poem, heroic story, saga, legend, chronicle, epos, epopee, national epic; see also poem , story .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

huge, grand, legendary, mythical, exaggerated, fabulous, Homeric, heroic, majestic, sublime.

ANT.: small, insignificant, shortlived, modest