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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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as in gigantic
unusually large
a monster truck competition
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Recent Examples of monster
Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Michael Myers, Jason, Freddy Krueger are all forces of destruction and true monsters.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
And then came the show’s monster success in streaming.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Universal, the studio behind the original monster movies, had no comment.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Michael Myers, Jason, Freddy Krueger are all forces of destruction and true monsters.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
After unleashing two monster stiff arms on defenders to break free, Canto-Osorio scampered along the left sideline and tried to beat the last defender to the pylon.
—Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
And then came the show’s monster success in streaming.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monster
Noun
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Rather than rob the story of its teeth, this enabled me to explore the pain, loneliness and personal demons of my characters with sympathy rather than stinging bite.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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When their biggest demonic enemy (Lee Byung-hun) encourages the formation of an equally popular K-pop boy band aimed at stealing the souls of their fans, the trio has to fight harder than ever to hold the demons at bay while keeping their friendship intact.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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That’s a 1,000× power reduction for real-time anomaly detection at the sensor.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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Will Smith’s solo blast in the 11th sealed the Jays’ fate, but along the way fans feasted on a host of World Series anomalies, including a rare bench-clearing in the bottom of the fourth after Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski plunked Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez with a four-seamer.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Yet if the Dodgers are to be cast as villains from the Book of Samuel, Toronto brought to the fight far more than pebbles.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The family moved to Hollywood 10 years later, and Gene Lockhart worked steadily as a character actor, usually in avuncular roles, sometimes as a villain.—
NPR,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
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The ecommerce giant is also expected to make its clothing lines available in five Galeries Lafayette malls, which like BHV is owned by the Société des Grands Magasins (SGM) group in the cities of Dijon, Grenoble, Reims, Angers, and Limoges, though the dates are not set.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Danish shipping giant Maersk on Thursday posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter operating profit and raised the lower-end of its full-year guidance, bolstered by increasing container volumes.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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As the season shifts toward winter, the polar jet stream begins to shift south and can stir up storms that produce howling winds and gigantic waves in November on the Great Lakes.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The drive-thru incident took place a month after authorities in Miami were called to remove a gigantic snake from a nearby work site.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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More recently, the trend has leaned even more surreal, even into the grotesque.—
Emily Johnson,
Architectural Digest,
18 Oct. 2025
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As the agent rambles, the cameras onstage freeze Tullock’s face at unflattering moments, and the screens behind her display a series of grotesques.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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What the Becks didn’t know was that their daughter was born with a rare genetic defect—an incurable, untreatable mutation that caused her death within days.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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With millions of mutations occurring across countless generations, the odds of nature reassembling the same blueprint are effectively zero.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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Among the colorful cast of rogues, villains, queens and clergymen, Andre The Giant stands out as the young suitor’s kind-hearted but stupid brute.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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An extermination of the brutes in the Middle East, presided over by Obama’s successors, has been followed by a swift cancellation by Trumpian decree of the postracial age.—
Pankaj Mishra,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Monster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monster. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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