Meanings
nounsea monster (plural sea monsters)
plural sea monsters · alternative sea-monster · alternative seamonster
- human sciencesA large and aggressive creature of the sea that attacks ships.
“However it occurred, my sword had killed nine sea-monsters.”
1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 201 more example
When there he was drawn down as before to the palace, but the fairy now was changed, and saying, "You have betrayed me - you shall die," she caused him to be devoured by the sea-monsters.
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 470Synonyms: mermonster
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large and aggressive creature of the sea that attacks ships.
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Translations
Afrikaans seemonster
- seemonsterlarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Ancient Greek κῆτος
- κῆτος (kêtos)large, aggressive creature in the sea
Bengali কল্পিত জলচর জীব
- কল্পিত জলচর জীব (kolpito jolocor jib)large, aggressive creature in the sea
Catalan monstre marí
- monstre marílarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Chinese Mandarin 鯤 /鲲, 海怪
- 鯤 /鲲 (kūn)large, aggressive creature in the sea
- 海怪 (hǎi guài)large, aggressive creature in the sea
- 水鬼 (shuǐguǐ)large, aggressive creature in the sea
Dutch zeemonster, zeegedrocht
- zeemonsterlarge, aggressive creature in the sea
- zeegedrochtlarge, aggressive creature in the sea
- kraaklarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Esperanto mara monstro, marmonstro
- mara monstrolarge, aggressive creature in the sea
- marmonstrolarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Estonian merekoletis
- merekoletislarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Finnish merihirviö, turso
- merihirviölarge, aggressive creature in the sea
- tursolarge, aggressive creature in the sea
French monstre marin
- monstre marinlarge, aggressive creature in the sea
German Seeungeheuer, Meerungeheuer
- Seeungeheuerlarge, aggressive creature in the sea
- Meerungeheuerlarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Greek κήτος
- κήτος (kítos)large, aggressive creature in the sea
Icelandic sæskrímsli
- sæskrímslilarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Indonesian monster laut
- monster lautlarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Irish ollphéist mhara
- ollphéist mharalarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Italian mostro marino
- mostro marinolarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Japanese 海の怪物, 海坊主
- 海の怪物 (umi no kaibutsu)large, aggressive creature in the sea
- 海坊主 (umibōzu)large, aggressive creature in the sea
Korean 바다 괴물
- 바다 괴물 (bada goemul)large, aggressive creature in the sea
Latin cētus, cētos
- cētuslarge, aggressive creature in the sea
- cētoslarge, aggressive creature in the sea
- pistrislarge, aggressive creature in the sea
- mōnstrum marīnumlarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Māori marakihau, rātāmoko
- marakihaularge, aggressive creature in the sea
- rātāmokolarge, aggressive creature in the sea
- paratalarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Norwegian Bokmål sjøuhyre, havmonster
- sjøuhyrelarge, aggressive creature in the sea
- havmonsterlarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Portuguese monstro marinho
- monstro marinholarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Russian морско́е чудо́вище, чу́до-ю́до
- морско́е чудо́вище (morskóje čudóvišče)large, aggressive creature in the sea
- чу́до-ю́до (čúdo-júdo)large, aggressive creature in the sea
Spanish monstruo marino
- monstruo marinolarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Swedish sjöodjur, havsmonster
- sjöodjurlarge, aggressive creature in the sea
- havsmonsterlarge, aggressive creature in the sea
- havsvidunderlarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Tagalog halimaw ng dagat
- halimaw ng dagatlarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Vietnamese quái vật biển
- quái vật biểnlarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Welsh morfil
- morfillarge, aggressive creature in the sea
Yiddish ים־מאָנסטער
- ים־מאָנסטער (yam-monster)large, aggressive creature in the sea
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“sea monster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20monster. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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