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

Their first game was Crawl, a dungeon-crawler game where your friends control the monsters. — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

There will be no B-movie monsters wearing terrible prosthetics, no scripts full of non sequiturs, no glitchy graphics. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

The monsters of the original — the Cyclops and the sirens — are replaced by drones that buzz across the stage and models of robotic war machines. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

In the movie, a group of teens accidentally release a bunch of monsters from Stine’s book collection, creating complete havoc and plenty of great family-friendly frights. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026

Patricia Highsmith spent nearly five decades creating monsters and sociopaths that readers couldn’t help but fall in love with. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026

The game combines a cozy gameplay style where players rebuild civilization with the personalities of a slew of pocket monsters. — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

About those monsters Green mentioned, each can features a comic book-style class movie monster. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026

One of my favorite places is the Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo, a Mannerist garden where larger-than-life sculptures of monsters and mythological creatures are carved directly into the rock. — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026