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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
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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
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as in villains
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 giants
something large of its kind
a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters
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Recent Examples of monsters
The project chronicles the adventures of Huntrix, a K-pop girl group comprising three members who just happen to also fight monsters from the underworld.
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Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
As her fight for sobriety deepens, the line between inner demons and real monsters, blurs, culminating in a harrowing battle for survival and redemption.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
Little kids can come — sometimes little kids were too scared for the big monsters — and now almost everyone is in costume.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
Visitors will encounter their favorite creatures, monsters and objects, and get a behind-the-scenes look at storytelling and production, the museum said.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
But those remakes are about hive-mind monsters infecting and possessing humans, who valiantly resist but fail to eradicate the threat.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
For those of us who encountered our scariest monsters in the darkness of a movie theatre, that’s something of an injustice in itself, but an injustice that the industry has long normalized.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
All those monsters will leave before dawn.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
At Coachella, hairstylist and creative director Charlie Le Mindu made blonde Cousin It-esque monsters out of Doja Cat’s back-up dancers, in line with his avant-garde, otherworldly hair looks.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
As her fight for sobriety deepens, the line between inner demons and real monsters, blurs, culminating in a harrowing battle for survival and redemption.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
Little kids can come — sometimes little kids were too scared for the big monsters — and now almost everyone is in costume.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
Visitors will encounter their favorite creatures, monsters and objects, and get a behind-the-scenes look at storytelling and production, the museum said.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
But those remakes are about hive-mind monsters infecting and possessing humans, who valiantly resist but fail to eradicate the threat.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
For those of us who encountered our scariest monsters in the darkness of a movie theatre, that’s something of an injustice in itself, but an injustice that the industry has long normalized.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
All those monsters will leave before dawn.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
At Coachella, hairstylist and creative director Charlie Le Mindu made blonde Cousin It-esque monsters out of Doja Cat’s back-up dancers, in line with his avant-garde, otherworldly hair looks.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsters
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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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The system is then trained to look for anomalies.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
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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Like the Red Ring goons at the bar, villains all over the city are more juiced up than ever, made stronger by enhancements provided by Shroud.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Plus, there's plenty of new heroes and villains to root for and against.—
EW Staff,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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But investors worried broadly about the huge valuations of tech giants that have been leading the market to new heights.—
Julie Coleman,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Tech giants and nation-states are investing heavily in neuromorphic chips.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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Shrek and Fiona are now both full-time ogres, but Fiona’s parents (John Cleese and Julie Andrews) aren’t too thrilled, as a particularly tense family dinner scene makes clear.—
Skyler Trepel September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Retron therapy replaces lengthy sections of dangerous mutations with healthy sections of DNA.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Nov. 2025
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Related diseases come from isotopes in the nuclear fallout that can penetrate the human body and cause mutations in DNA, according to a 2024 paper from the American Society of Clinical Oncology Journal.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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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Some are slow and heavy brutes that have tons of health while others are slightly but deal more damage.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
18 Aug. 2025
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And the global population of whales declined precipitously to the point of near extinction.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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At times, the whales even broke through the surface, poking their fins just above water.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Monsters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsters. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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