Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun frankenstein

3 senses of frankenstein

Sense 1
Frankenstein -- (an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator)
       => agency -- (the state of being in action or exerting power; "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency")

Sense 2
Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster -- (the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation))
       INSTANCE OF=> fictional character, fictitious character, character -- (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel")

Sense 3
Frankenstein -- (the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses)
       INSTANCE OF=> fictional character, fictitious character, character -- (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel")