NOUN | person | monster | an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts |
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person | monster, giant, goliath, behemoth, colossus | someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful | |
person | monster, freak, monstrosity, lusus naturae | a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed | |
person | monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre | a cruel wicked and inhuman person | |
animal | monster, teras | (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus |
Sounds | maa'nster | |
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Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... |
Meaning | An imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts. | |
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Narrower | bogeyman, bugbear, bugaboo, boogeyman, booger | An imaginary monster used to frighten children |
mythical monster, mythical creature | A monster renowned in folklore and myth | |
Broader | imaginary being, imaginary creature | A creature / creature of the imagination |
Spanish | monstruo | |
Catalan | monstre |
Meaning | someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful. | |
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Synonyms | giant, goliath, behemoth, colossus | |
Broader | anomaly, unusual person | A person who is unusual |
Spanish | coloso, gigante, titán | |
Catalan | colós, gegant, tità | |
Adjectives | monstrous | abnormally large |
Meaning | A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed. | |
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Synonyms | freak, monstrosity, lusus naturae | |
Narrower | leviathan | The largest or most massive thing of its kind |
Broader | mutant, mutation, variation, sport | (biology) an organism that has characteristics / characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration |
Spanish | aborto, engendro, lusus naturae, monstruo, monstruosidad | |
Catalan | deforme, lusus naturae, monstre, monstruositat | |
Adjectives | monstrous | distorted and unnatural in shape or size |
Meaning | A cruel wicked and inhuman person. | |
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Synonyms | fiend, devil, demon, ogre | |
Narrower | demoniac | someone who acts as if possessed by a demon |
Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person | A person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
Spanish | demonio, diablo, fiera, malvado, monstruo, ogro | |
Catalan | diable, dimoni, fera, monstre, ogre | |
Adjectives | monstrous | shockingly brutal or cruel |
Meaning | (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus. | |
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Synonym | teras | |
Category | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
Parts | acardia | congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters) |
acephalia, acephaly, acephalism | absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) | |
Broader | fetus, foetus | An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages / stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal |
Spanish | monstruo, teras | |
Adjectives | monstrous | distorted and unnatural in shape or size |
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