monster 1 of 2

noun

ˈmän(t)-stər How to pronounce monster (audio)
Definition of monsternext
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as in demon
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature both children insisted that their parents check under the bed for monsters every night

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as in anomaly
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal the gardener destroyed all of the monsters that mutated from his tomato plants

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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person the guards at the concentration camps were monsters who enjoyed seeing their victims suffer

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as in giant
something large of its kind a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters

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monster

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adjective

as in gigantic
unusually large a monster truck competition

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Recent Examples of monster
Noun
While dinosaurs roamed the earth, giant monsters roamed the sea. — October 16, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026 Wilson was an absolute fantasy monster with Harrison off the field last season, so his main concern becomes the inevitable QB switch to rookie Carson Beck. — Dalton Del Don, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Adjective
The fourth line had a monster game against the Blue Jackets. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026 Parkinson stands 6-foot-7 and had monster red-zone production in 2025, which would offer a dimension that the Broncos haven’t had at tight end since the days of Julius Thomas. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for monster
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monster
  1. demon
  2. anomaly
  3. villain
  4. giant
  5. gigantic
  6. grotesque
  7. mutation
  8. brute
Noun
  • No ghosts, ghouls, or demons here, just the evil things that greed makes people do, at least until the little guy starts fighting back.
    — Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Written and directed by Jeremy Slater, the film follows Jefferson Haddock (Bacon), who is called into an isolated witness protection property to deal with a terrifying demon, unleashing a force that threatens to end him and everything around him.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • Cuellar is an institution in South Texas and an anomaly in modern Democratic politics.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Continuous anomaly detection can also catch budget drift immediately—rather than at month-end—improving our overall operational efficiency.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of anomaly
Noun
  • Rival fans were quick to jump all over this fact, given that both the Panthers and the Tkachuk brothers were seen as polarizing villains throughout the NHL.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Is that the most difficult thing for you as the showrunner of a political show today — a president as a villain?
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of villain
Noun
  • No word on if there may be a deal for the duo to land over at the streaming giant as the company prepares for a few big theatrical releases ahead.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In response, the streaming giant has sought to diversify its content in recent years, expanding into live sports, documentaries and video games in order to compete for share of consumer attention.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of giant
Adjective
  • The Board leverages the visual engagement potential of a gigantic iPad with the appealing tactility of board games.
    — Kevin Cortez, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • M'Baku is the leader of the Jabari tribe, a Wakandan community that worships a gigantic white gorilla deity.
    — Sohini Sarah Pillai, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
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  • The grotesque offers a reprieve—if not liberation, then at least a means of expression.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
  • The idea behind [the brand] actually came from my graduation thesis on the concept of the grotesque.
    — Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
Definition of grotesque
Noun
  • In those animals, a mutation in another gene can produce left-coiling individuals, but it is also associated with abnormal development.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • That will push conversations toward breast MRI and ultrasound as add-ons, particularly for women with family history or BRCA mutations.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of mutation
Noun
  • Most sportsmen wonder how any whitetail bucks, let alone a brute such as Kontras’, could have been so easily patterned.
    — Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The show’s depiction of Hugh as a family man has been much more sympathetic than the book’s description of him as a power-hungry brute.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
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