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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
Traditional quest narratives, shaped by the hero’s journey, are tethered to swords, battles, monsters, and a troubling disregard for collateral damage.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
The biggest development was the discovery of an audio signal Regan could use to incapacitate the monsters.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
There are diegetic musical numbers that imply the monsters have the ability to mind-control a room and make everybody dance their favorite choreography.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Six months to be around castles and fire and monsters and beauty and pain and all these things.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
But this remains a polling no-brainer for lawmakers, who are tired of being seen as self-serving greed monsters.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 9 Mar. 2026
Gyllenhaal cast her husband Peter Sarsgaard as a detective in pursuit of the two monsters on the run, with Penelope Cruz as his partner.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
That led to the introduction of bases and more powerful Rift monsters.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Just don’t expect monsters to respawn.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
The biggest development was the discovery of an audio signal Regan could use to incapacitate the monsters.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
There are diegetic musical numbers that imply the monsters have the ability to mind-control a room and make everybody dance their favorite choreography.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Six months to be around castles and fire and monsters and beauty and pain and all these things.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
But this remains a polling no-brainer for lawmakers, who are tired of being seen as self-serving greed monsters.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 9 Mar. 2026
Gyllenhaal cast her husband Peter Sarsgaard as a detective in pursuit of the two monsters on the run, with Penelope Cruz as his partner.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
That led to the introduction of bases and more powerful Rift monsters.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Just don’t expect monsters to respawn.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsters
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Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other, and their own demons on the path to salvation.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
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The hottest mess in this brood, at least from outward appearances, is Josh (Thomas Sadoski), a firefighter battling demons, pills and booze.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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These anomalies are increasingly linked to GPS spoofing in regions experiencing geopolitical conflict.—
Anna Raymaker,
The Conversation,
12 Mar. 2026
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Space One terminated the mission about three minutes into flight, at an altitude of roughly 62 miles (100 kilometers), after detecting performance anomalies.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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The movie does attempt to gesture at class and race as thematic underpinnings (the maids trapped in The Virgil are mostly non-white, while the villains are rich Caucasians), but like the story and action at large, these go pretty much nowhere, and feel like obligatory symbols.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Jack Balderrama Morley examines the beautiful, terrible, villains of reality television.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Social media giants urged to tighten child safety after UK rejects blanket ban for teens.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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Today’s Taiwan, while rich in biodiversity, has nothing remotely comparable to these ancient giants.—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2026
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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
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Turning genomic data into potential cancer therapy The process compared healthy DNA from Rosie’s blood with DNA from her tumour to identify the mutations driving the cancer.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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The plants that carried these drought-resistant traits were able to survive and pass those mutations forward via the seeds.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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The psychology that Bryk wrote for these young men is the key as to why these brutes are more lovable than unbearable.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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Credit to producers Tim Zinnemann and George Linder for selecting a veritable array of brutes to wage battle with Arnold.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Nov. 2025
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Whale Sanctuary Project has yet to actually build a sanctuary despite collecting millions in donations over the last decade and has no backup plan if the whales fail to adapt.—
Valerie Greene,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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At her home on Vancouver Island, the Canadian-American actor spends her days scanning the chop for whales, not floundering swimmers.—
Andrea Sachs,
Washington Post,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Monsters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsters. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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