MONSTER
Dictionary entry overview: What does monster mean?
• MONSTER (noun)
The noun MONSTER has 5 senses:
1. an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
2. someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
3. a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
4. a cruel wicked and inhuman person
5. (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
Familiarity information: MONSTER used as a noun is common.
Dictionary entry details
• MONSTER (noun)
Meaning:
An imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("monster" is a kind of...):
imaginary being; imaginary creature (a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monster"):
bogeyman; booger; boogeyman; bugaboo; bugbear (an imaginary monster used to frighten children)
mythical creature; mythical monster (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)
Meaning:
Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
colossus; behemoth; goliath; monster; giant
Hypernyms ("monster" is a kind of...):
anomaly; unusual person (a person who is unusual)
Meaning:
A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
freak; lusus naturae; monstrosity; monster
Hypernyms ("monster" is a kind of...):
mutant; mutation; sport; variation ((biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monster"):
leviathan (the largest or most massive thing of its kind)
Meaning:
A cruel wicked and inhuman person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
fiend; ogre; demon; monster; devil
Hypernyms ("monster" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monster"):
demoniac (someone who acts as if possessed by a demon)
Meaning:
(medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
teras; monster
Hypernyms ("monster" is a kind of...):
fetus; foetus (an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal)
Meronyms (parts of "monster"):
acardia (congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters))
acephalia; acephalism; acephaly (absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters))
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
