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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective), Word History, Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
an imaginary or mythical creature, often with features of two different animals or of animals and humans.
Children often love books about monsters.
- similar words:
- basilisk, bigfoot, centaur, chimera, dragon, faun, Gorgon, griffin, Harpy, Hydra, leviathan, mermaid, merman, Minotaur, ogre, phoenix, roc, satyr, sphinx, unicorn, vampire, werewolf
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definition 2: |
any creature with an ugly or frightening appearance.
In the famous novel by Mary Shelley, Dr. Frankenstein creates a monster.- synonyms:
- monstrosity
- similar words:
- ogre
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definition 3: |
someone who is wickedly brutish; a cruel or malicious person.
Only a monster could commit such a heinous crime.- synonyms:
- demon, fiend, ogre, savage, villain
- similar words:
- animal, barbarian, beast, brute, cutthroat, devil, dragon, gorilla, miscreant, monstrosity, reptile
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definition 4: |
anything of exceptionally or shockingly large size, esp. an animal.
That twenty-pound trout is a real monster.- synonyms:
- behemoth, colossus, giant, monstrosity, Titan
- similar words:
- gorilla, jumbo
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definition 5: |
any abnormally formed being.
- synonyms:
- abortion, freak, mutant
- similar words:
- lusus naturae, monstrosity, ogre
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related words: |
giant, maniac |
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part of speech: |
adjective |
definition: |
of exceptionally or shockingly large size.
I grew some monster tomatoes this summer.- synonyms:
- colossal, gargantuan, gigantic, humongous, mammoth, monstrous, titanic
- similar words:
- elephantine, enormous, giant, huge, immense, jumbo, large, oversize, prodigious, vast
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derivation: |
monsterlike (adj.) |
Monster comes from a Latin word that means "omen" or "warning." Watch out.
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