epic Definition

epic
noun

1. A long narrative poem telling of heroic acts, the birth and death of nations, etc.

Thesaurus: legend, saga, narrative, heroic poem, heroic story.
2. A long adventure story or film, etc.

adj

1. Referring to or like an epic, especially in being large-scale and imposing.

Thesaurus: vast, great, colossal, grand, majestic, imposing, exalted, lofty, sublime, grandiloquent; heroic, Homeric; Antonym: ordinary.

Etymology: 16c: from Greek epikos, from epos word or song.