HEA

See also: hea and hea'

English

Noun

HEA (plural HEAs)

1. Initialism of high-entropy alloy.
2. Initialism of happily ever after.
   • 2022 August 30, Maureen Lee Lenker, “Hot Stuff: The summer's 8 best romance novels are thrilling, fun, and resonant romps”, in Entertainment Weekly‎^[1]:

     There's much debate over what is more powerful: historical romance that finds an HEA in spite of such truths and in the context of the past, or one that chooses to gift its characters an escapist fantasy generally the domain of white protagonists.

Proper noun

HEA

1. (UK, education) Initialism of Higher Education Academy.

Related terms

• AFHEA
• FHEA
• SFHEA
• PFHEA

Adverb

HEA (not comparable)

1. (fandom slang) Initialism of happily ever after.

Coordinate terms

• HFN

Anagrams

• HAE, hae