Frankenstein

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Frankenstein
       n 1: an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator
       2: the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by
          Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is
          commonly used to refer to his creation) [syn: {Frankenstein's
          monster}]


       3: the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a
          gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a
          monster from parts of corpses

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "Frankenstein":
     Dracula, Wolf-man, bogey, bogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear, fee-faw-fum,
     frightener, ghost, ghoul, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus,
     monster, nightmare, ogre, ogress, phantom, revenant, scarebabe,
     scarecrow, scarer, specter, succubus, terror, vampire, werewolf