Synonyms of monsters

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demons
• ogres
• grotesques
• monstrosities
• grotesqueries
• terrors
• devils
• horrors
• imps
• bogeymen
• abominations
• mutants
• frights
• banshees
• bugaboos
• incubi
• bugbears
• Frankensteins
• abnormalities
• ogresses
• mutations
• bogeys
• fiends
• freaks
• anathemas
• bêtes noires

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anomalies
• mutations
• abnormalities
• monstrosities
• freaks
• exceptions
• mutants
• weirdos
• rarities
• nuts
• deviants
• irregularities
• malformations
• oddballs
• eccentrics
• kooks
• crackpots
• characters
• aberrants
• aberrations
• miscreations
• mavericks
• cranks
• singularities
• individualists
• screwballs
• peculiarities
• nonconformists
• curiosities
• oddities
• crackbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• standards
• norms
• normals
• averages
• specimens
• samples
• pars
• commonplaces
• usuals

3

as in villains

a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

the guards at the concentration camps were monsters who enjoyed seeing their victims suffer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• villains
• brutes
• devils
• criminals
• beasts
• savages
• offenders
• bandits
• baddies
• nazis
• wretches
• thugs
• assassins
• rogues
• fiends
• scoundrels
• gangsters
• knaves
• rascals
• losers
• evildoers
• varlets
• reprobates
• heavies
• miscreants
• scalawags
• no-goods
• scamps
• crooks
• hounds
• perpetrators
• rapscallions
• meanies
• snakes
• scapegraces
• caitiffs
• culprits
• trespassers
• serpents
• sinners
• felons
• blackguards
• outlaws
• vipers
• lawbreakers
• transgressors
• wrongdoers
• villainesses
• heels
• desperadoes
• hoodlums
• ruffians
• cons
• malefactors
• convicts
• cads
• perps
• cutthroats
• hooligans
• racketeers
• goons
• toughs
• jailbirds
• gunmen
• rowdies
• roughs
• lowlifes
• stinkers
• bravos
• trash
• ne'er-do-wells

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• angels
• saints
• heroes
• innocents

4

as in giants

something large of its kind

a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• giants
• whales
• dinosaurs
• mammoths
• titans
• elephants
• hulks
• Goliaths
• behemoths
• leviathans
• blockbusters
• colossi
• dreadnoughts
• mastodons
• jumbos
• whoppers
• heavyweights
• amazons
• giantesses
• juggernauts
• bulks
• steamrollers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shrimp
• midgets
• dwarfs
• pygmies
• mites
• runts
• diminutives
• half-pints
• weaklings
• wisps
• wimps
• lightweights
• peewees
• nonentities
• whippersnappers
• twerps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of monsters

But Kova is shocked to discover her sweetheart taking up with someone new, who may be linked to the monsters dragging Stormwatch’s inhabitants into the ocean. — Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026

For additional context, the war against the Locust kicks off only a few weeks after the 79-year conflict between human factions known as the Pendulum Wars, which explains why the COG wasn't in the best of conditions when the monsters attacked. — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2026

In the books, aliens turn Earth into a worldwide game show, with levels filled with dangerous monsters and traps. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 27 July 2026

Broadly speaking, these kinds of stories — powered by a stop-them-before-they-kill-again clock, making their antagonists out to be finicky geniuses or horror movie monsters instead of opportunistic mediocrities — strike me as a low form of fiction. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026

But if Atkins’ monsters are legible, then his views on ordinary life are much harder to decipher. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 July 2026

Over the last two seasons of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the titular demigod (Walker Scobell) has faced off against a minotaur, sailed to the sea of monsters, been chased by Cerberus, and even magically transformed into a guinea pig. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026

With the franchise’s trademark blend of extreme gore and dark humor, the Evil Dead backstory centers on the ancient Book of the Dead that unleashes supernatural evil forces and twists victims into sadistic, shape-shifting, near-invincible monsters. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 21 July 2026

The movie pits the two monsters — the giant dinosaur-like being Godzilla and gigantic ape King Kong — against each other as the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026