The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

monk n. brother, religious, coenobite, monastic, Loosely friar: He
was accepted into the Benedictine order, also called the black
monks.
monkey n. 1 simian, ape, primate, Colloq monk: The monkeys' antics
forever delight the children. 2 fool, ass, laughing-stock,
butt, victim, target, (fair) game, Colloq goat, Slang sucker:
The teacher should not have made a monkey out of Hubert in front
of his classmates. 3 imp, devil, mischief-maker, rascal, scamp,
rapscallion: She's a real little monkey: you wouldn't believe
what she got up to this morning.
--v. 4 mimic, mime, imitate, impersonate, copy, ape, duplicate:
He monkeys everything you do. 5 Usually, monkey around or about
(with). fool around (with), play (with), fiddle (about or
around) with, meddle (with or in), interfere (with or in), mess
(about or around) (with), tinker (with), tamper (with), Colloq
US screw around (with): Stop monkeying around with that switch
or the light will fuse. Colin is always monkeying around in
class.
monograph n. treatise, dissertation, disquisition, essay, paper:
Entwhistle's monograph is the definitive work on Hawthorne.
monolithic
adj. massive, huge, enormous, monumental, imposing, colossal,
gigantic, giant; featureless, uniform, undifferentiated,
characterless; rigid, impenetrable, invulnerable, unbending,
inflexible, solid, stolid, intractable, immovable: These
monolithic international conglomerates, assembled with the aid
of junk bonds, staffed by yuppies, and controlling markets worth
hundreds of billions, resemble the monolithic glass towers that
house them.
monopolize
v. corner (the market in), control, dominate, own, Slang hog:
Till recently, one company monopolized the telephone business in
the US.
monotonous
adj. boring, tedious, dull, tiresome, humdrum, sleep-inducing,
soporific, wearisome, wearying, tiring, monotonic, repetitious,
prosaic, banal, dry, dry-as-dust, uninteresting, dreary,