beast synonyms

beast

n.

  1. A large animal

    brute, creature, lower animal; see animal 2.

  2. A person of brutish nature

    monster, brute, degenerate, animal, fiend, ogre, swine, throwback, pervert, lout, hun, savage, barbarian, pig, satyr, goat, sensualist, seducer, libertine, hog, voluptuary, monstrosity, sadist, fornicator, glutton, lecher, gargoyle, Bluebeard, cur, skunk*.

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