'Werewolf' definitions:
Definition of 'werewolf'
From: WordNet
noun
A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again [syn: werewolf, wolfman, lycanthrope, loup-garou]
Definition of 'Werewolf'
From: GCIDE
- Werewolf \Were"wolf`\, n.; pl. Werewolves. [AS. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. w[aum]rwolf, w[aum]hrwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, MHG. werwolf. [root]285. See Were a man, and Wolf, and cf. Virile, World.] A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. [1913 Webster]
- The werwolf went about his prey. --William of Palerne. [1913 Webster]
- The brutes that wear our form and face, The werewolves of the human race. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] Werk
Synonyms of 'werewolf'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ape-man,
- bogey,
- bogeyman,
- bugaboo,
- bugbear,
- demon,
- devil,
- devil incarnate,
- Dracula,
- fee-faw-fum,
- fiend,
- fiend from hell,
- Frankenstein,
- frightener,
- ghost,
- ghoul,
- harpy,
- hellhound,
- hellkite,
- hobgoblin,
- holy terror,
- horror,
- incubus,
- jaguar-man,
- lamia,
- monster,
- nightmare,
- ogre,
- ogress,
- phantom,
- revenant,
- scarebabe,
- scarecrow,
- scarer,
- specter,
- succubus,
- terror,
- vampire,
- werecat,
- werecrocodile,
- werefox,
- werehyena,
- werejaguar,
- werelion,
- weretiger,
- Wolf-man