monsters

noun

plural of monster
1
as in demons
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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2
as in anomalies
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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3
as in villains
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person the guards at the concentration camps were monsters who enjoyed seeing their victims suffer

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4
as in giants
something large of its kind a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters

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Recent Examples of monsters There will be no B-movie monsters wearing terrible prosthetics, no scripts full of non sequiturs, no glitchy graphics. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 The monsters of the original — the Cyclops and the sirens — are replaced by drones that buzz across the stage and models of robotic war machines. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 In the movie, a group of teens accidentally release a bunch of monsters from Stine’s book collection, creating complete havoc and plenty of great family-friendly frights. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026 Patricia Highsmith spent nearly five decades creating monsters and sociopaths that readers couldn’t help but fall in love with. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026 The game combines a cozy gameplay style where players rebuild civilization with the personalities of a slew of pocket monsters. — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 About those monsters Green mentioned, each can features a comic book-style class movie monster. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026 One of my favorite places is the Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo, a Mannerist garden where larger-than-life sculptures of monsters and mythological creatures are carved directly into the rock. — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026 The most obvious general interpretation of Buffy’s project is that the show transmutes real teenage anxieties into monsters; every villain is a metaphor. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsters
  1. demons
  2. anomalies
  3. villains
  4. giants
  5. ogres
  6. mutations
  7. brutes
  8. whales
Noun
  • Starring Stuart Martin and Fra Free, The Last Photograph follows an ex-DEA agent seeking revenge in a South American jungle where dangerous terrain and inner demons combine for drama.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
  • And Elwood was battling his own demons, having become addicted to opioids prescribed after a hip operation.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of demons
Noun
  • There were no reports of anomalies from about a dozen nuclear power plants and other facilities that handle nuclear materials, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The platform manages client dashboards, drafts performance reports, monitors data quality, flags anomalies, supports internal operations, and synthesizes context from meetings so leaders are not forced to sit in every room to stay informed.
    — Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of anomalies
Noun
  • At the time of the arrest, many royal observers speculated about Harry and Meghan’s reaction, especially since they had often been portrayed as the family villains.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 25 Aug. 2026
  • As baseball's new villains, the Dodgers' fate in October will be the most talked about storyline.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of villains
Noun
  • As legislation is introduced at a record pace, shifting political views are driving more proposals that seek to restrict the tech giants.
    — Chris Hacker, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Nightly swarms of drones closed Russian airports, struck oil refineries or set ablaze the warehouses of retail giants Wildberries and Ozon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of giants
Noun
  • Ella is a young woman cursed to obey all instructions whose quest for self-determination also turns her into an advocate for the kingdom’s oppressed elves and ogres.
    — Chris Bellamy, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
  • People are turned into wolves, there are ogres and undead creatures of the sea who lure others to their demise.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
Definition of ogres
Noun
  • High doses of radiation damage DNA and can cause mutations that lead to cancer.
    — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Researchers spent decades trying to target a group of mutations called RAS — responsible for nearly a third of all human cancers — but the protein’s flat shape defied typical drugs.
    — Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of mutations
Noun
  • These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds.
    — Keith Sutton, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
  • In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-​skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-​skinned developing world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of brutes
Noun
  • In July, Shedd said it had been asked to help rehome up to 10 beluga whales because of its experience caring for belugas and its specialized habitats.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The knowledge center aims to help people understand our relationship with whales and their natural habitat.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of whales

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“Monsters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsters. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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