English noun: monster |
1. | monster (person) an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts |
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| Broader (hypernym) | imaginary being, imaginary creature |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear, mythical creature, mythical monster |
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2. | monster (person) someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful |
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| Synonyms | behemoth, colossus, giant, goliath |
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| Broader (hypernym) | anomaly, unusual person |
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3. | monster (person) a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed |
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| Synonyms | freak, lusus naturae, monstrosity |
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| Broader (hypernym) | mutant, mutation, sport, variation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | leviathan |
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4. | monster (person) a cruel wicked and inhuman person |
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| Synonyms | demon, devil, fiend, ogre |
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| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable person, unpleasant person |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | demoniac |
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5. | monster (animal) (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus |
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| Synonyms | teras |
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| Broader (hypernym) | fetus, foetus |
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| Part holonym | acardia, acephalia, acephalism, acephaly |
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| Domain category | medical specialty, medicine |
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