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

5 senses of monster

Sense 1
monster -- (an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts)
       => imaginary being, imaginary creature -- (a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction)

Sense 2
giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus -- (someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful)
       => anomaly, unusual person -- (a person who is unusual)

Sense 3
freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae -- (a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed)
       => mutant, mutation, variation, sport -- ((biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration)

Sense 4
monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre -- (a cruel wicked and inhuman person)
       => unpleasant person, disagreeable person -- (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Sense 5
monster, teras -- ((medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus)
       => fetus, foetus -- (an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal)