1. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
   "Homer's 'Iliad' is one of the most famous epic poems in Western literature";
   - epic poem, heroic poem, epos
    
2. A long story or event
   "a war epic"

1. Very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
   "an epic voyage";
   - heroic, larger-than-life
    
2. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic
   "epic tradition";
   - epical
    
3. [slang] Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as an intensifier
   "an epic trip to the Orient";
   - fantastic, grand, howling [informal], marvelous [US], marvellous [Brit, Cdn], rattling [informal], terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous, phenomenal, magnificent, heavenly [informal]
    
4. [slang] Excellent and enjoyable or memorable
   "we had an epic time";
   - mega [slang]

Derived forms: epics

See also: big, extraordinary, large

Type of: poem, verse form

Encyclopedia: Epic