epicness

Sheer heroic scale

Epicness is the quality of being epic—grand, impressive, or heroic in scale.

The word belongs to internet and gaming culture, where it describes moments of triumph or spectacle: The epicness of that final battle scene.

It's casual and enthusiastic, often hyperbolic, celebrating things that feel larger than life.

narrative

odyssey

Extended adventurous journey

sagaExtended heroic narrative
chronicleOrdered historical record
trilogyThree linked creative works

mythos · lore · quest · journey · adventure · tale · ballad · legend · anthology · series

grandeur

majesty

Impressive supreme dignity

magnificenceImpressive beauty or scale
splendorImpressive, striking beauty
sublimityExalted, awe-inspiring quality

vastness · immensity · awe · monumentality · grandiosity · resplendence · glory · stateliness · nobility · loftiness

heroic

valor

Courage in danger

courageFortitude facing danger
braveryBoldness before danger
gallantryCourage, especially in combat

fortitude · fearlessness · boldness · daring · prowess · triumph · champion · warrior · victor · defender

mythic

mythology

Body of traditional tales

folkloreInherited cultural narratives
OdysseusIthaca's long-wandering monarch
BeowulfOld English epic's protagonist

Achilles · Gilgamesh · Hercules · Arthurian · Excalibur · Merlin · Anansi · Pegasus · Ramayana · Mahabharata

Opposites

scale and grandeur

epicnessmundaneness

Everyday, unremarkable quality

ordinariness · smallness · pettiness · triviality · insignificance

memorability and impact

epicnessforgettableness

State of being unremarkable

unremarkableness · anonymity · inconsequentiality · mediocrity · blandness

emotional intensity

epicnessflatness

Absence of slope

tameness · lifelessness · colorlessness · dullness · tepidness

Family

epic, epoch, epilogue, epicure, epicurean, epicenter, epically, epical

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G