What is another word for Ghost?
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shade
spirit, phantasm
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spook
spirit, vision
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wraith
spirit, phantom
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phantom
spectre, apparition
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apparition
vision, spirit
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shadow
anticipation, spirit
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haunt
dialect, spectre
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spirit
spectre, vision
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specter
spirit of the dead, beings
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phantasm
vision, spectre
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spectre
apparition, vision
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revenant
phantasm, spirit of the dead
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trace
shadow, big
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soul
spectre, spirit of the dead
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vision
apparition, illusion
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ghostwriter
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eidolon
spirit of the dead, beings
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suggestion
trace, anticipation
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hint
trace, anticipation
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ghostwrite
words
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bogey
spook, beings
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touch
trace, big
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semblance
trace, big
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manes
eidolon, spirit of the dead
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poltergeist
disembodied spirit
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presence
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glimmer
trace
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demon
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visitant
phantasm, beings
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devil
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ghostnoun
An understudy.
Synonyms:
suggestion, hint, ghostwriter, phantom, apparition, haint, spectre, spark, glimmer, spirit, glimmering, spook, revenant, specter, glimpse, inkling, soul, wraith -
ghostnoun
A covert (and deniable) agent.
Synonyms:
spectre, spook, glimmer, spark, haint, soul, wraith, revenant, suggestion, phantom, apparition, hint, inkling, ghostwriter, specter, glimmering, glimpse, spirit -
ghostnoun
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ghostnoun
To haunt.
Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament. Spenser
Synonyms:
specter, spirit, spark, glimpse, spook, suggestion, phantom, apparition, ghostwriter, revenant, haint, soul, inkling, glimmering, wraith, spectre, glimmer, hint -
ghostnoun
To ghostwrite.
Synonyms:
specter, ghostwriter, spectre, revenant, spook, suggestion, glimmer, apparition, soul, hint, glimpse, glimmering, inkling, haint, spark, phantom, wraith, spirit -
ghostnoun
to copy a file or hard drive image.
Synonyms:
specter, inkling, spook, spectre, soul, glimmering, revenant, apparition, wraith, hint, glimmer, haint, spirit, ghostwriter, spark, suggestion, phantom, glimpse -
ghostnoun
A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
Synonyms:
glimmering, wraith, haint, ghostwriter, spook, revenant, spectre, phantom, apparition, specter, spirit, hint, glimmer, spark, inkling, glimpse, suggestion, soul -
ghostnoun
An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
Synonyms:
apparition, wraith, spook, soul, glimmering, spark, inkling, specter, ghostwriter, revenant, suggestion, haint, glimpse, spirit, spectre, glimmer, hint, phantom -
ghostnoun
A ghostwriter.
Synonyms:
spectre, revenant, suggestion, spook, soul, spark, haint, ghostwriter, glimmer, phantom, glimpse, hint, specter, wraith, spirit, inkling, glimmering, apparition -
ghostnoun
A nature spirit, ancestor or house spirit (see brownie ) revered in Heathenry.
Before all else, we speak to the land to the ghosts and spirits of this place known to many as pixies, fairies, brownies, or elfs. (Math Jones)
Synonyms:
glimmer, wraith, suggestion, spirit, spectre, specter, hint, spook, revenant, glimpse, haint, apparition, soul, phantom, glimmering, ghostwriter, inkling, spark -
ghostnoun
An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user’s client disconnecting without notifying the server.
Synonyms:
soul, revenant, spirit, inkling, apparition, haint, ghostwriter, wraith, hint, glimmer, spook, glimmering, glimpse, specter, phantom, suggestion, spectre, spark -
ghostnoun
an image of a file or hard disk.
Synonyms:
specter, glimpse, spark, glimmer, soul, suggestion, spirit, revenant, phantom, glimmering, haint, wraith, ghostwriter, inkling, spook, spectre, hint, apparition
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ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectrenoun
a mental representation of some haunting experience
«he looked like he had seen a ghost»; «it aroused specters from his past»
Synonyms:
phantasma, phantom, wraith, shade, shadowiness, shadiness, touch, weirdo, weirdy, nuance, weirdie, specter, tincture, ghostwriter, tint, nicety, apparition, trace, phantasm, tad, spectre, spook, subtlety, tone, creep, fantasm, refinement -
ghostwriter, ghostnoun
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
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ghostwriter, trace, touch, shade, specter, spook, wraith, spectre -
ghostnoun
the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
Synonyms:
ghostwriter, trace, touch, shade, specter, spook, wraith, spectre -
touch, trace, ghostverb
a suggestion of some quality
«there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone»; «he detected a ghost of a smile on her face»
Synonyms:
ghostwriter, jot, wraith, cutaneous senses, shade, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, specter, shadow, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, tincture, soupcon, touch, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, vestige, spectre, spook, mite, tinge, tracing, spot, tactile sensation, contact, suggestion -
ghostverb
move like a ghost
«The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard»
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ghostwrite, obsess, haunt -
haunt, obsess, ghostverb
haunt like a ghost; pursue
«Fear of illness haunts her»
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frequent, ghostwrite, stalk, obsess, haunt -
ghost, ghostwriteverb
write for someone else
«How many books have you ghostwritten so far?»
Synonyms:
ghostwrite, obsess, haunt
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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote
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goste
old english spelling.
Submitted by anonymous on January 17, 2021
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haint
an invisible, dead person or spirit
alaina claimed she had seen a ghost in her bedroom, but the police officer thought she was hallucinating.
Submitted by rinat on June 13, 2016
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List of paraphrases for «ghost»:
phantom, ghosts, spectre, baneling, ghostbusters, specter, spook, bogey, shadow, apparition, spirit
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How to use ghost in a sentence?
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William Hanna:
The government has to not just address it but deal with it, identify the ghost workers, take sanctions against those who are responsible, remove those names from the list, clean up the database and stop these leakages.
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Granite City steelworker Dave Chrusciel:
Many people here have a lot riding on the tariffs, without them, this would be a ghost town.
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Mary Crowley:
Monster ghost nets are very important to get out of the ocean, but it’s sometimes the small ghost nets that get wrapped around whales and dolphins and kill them, even the small pieces are very important.
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Bartlett Naylor:
Any resolution for Wells Fargo’s massive, management-directed misconduct must hold individuals to account. We know many of the crimes, and we know that real executives, not some ghost in a machine, committed them.
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Connie Britton:
I’ll admit : When they first called me to do it, I was a little against it, because I thought,’ Rayna’s gone. And I don’t like the idea of having her come back as a ghost.
Translations for ghost
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- روح, خيال, طيف, شبح, شَبَح, زولArabic
- зданьBelarusian
- duchCzech
- genfærd, draug, sjæl, spøgelse, genganger, gespenst, åndDanish
- Erscheinung, Schatten, Geist, Phantom, Spuk, GespenstGerman
- φάντασμα, σκιάGreek
- fantomoEsperanto
- espíritu, aparecido, sombra, alma, fantasma, espectro, apariciónSpanish
- شبحPersian
- haamu, aave, haamukuva, henki, sielu, kangastus, kummitusFinnish
- andi, spøkilsi, dreygurFaroese
- fantôme, revenant, spectre, esprit, apparition, fantasmeFrench
- spoekWestern Frisian
- taibhseIrish
- scaanjoon, scaa, scaanManx
- רוח רפאיםHebrew
- भूतHindi
- szellemHungarian
- ուրվական, հոգիArmenian
- hantu, polong, roh, dedemitan, momokIndonesian
- lemure, fantasma, spettro, apparizione, ombra, simulacro, fantasima, spirito, larva, animaItalian
- רוּחַHebrew
- 化け物, お化け, 怨霊, 魂魄, 妖魔, 変化, 物の怪, 死霊, 妖怪, 幽鬼, 精霊, 魂, 霊, ゴースト, 幽霊, 亡霊Japanese
- ខ្មោចKhmer
- ಪ್ರೇತKannada
- 유령Korean
- sanctusLatin
- hantuMalay
- gespens, geest, spook, verschijning, schim, spooksel, fantoomDutch
- spøkelseNorwegian
- chʼį́įdiiNavajo, Navaho
- duchPolish
- aventesma, avejão, simulacro, fantasma, sombra, alma, espírito, abantesma, abentesma, lêmure, larva, aparição, assombração, espectro, avantesmaPortuguese
- spiert, spértRomansh
- fantomăRomanian
- фанто́м, привиде́ние, при́зрак, призракRussian
- fantazmë, lugat, gogolAlbanian
- spSwedish
- பேய்Tamil
- దెయ్యంTelugu
- ผีThai
- hayaletTurkish
- прима́ра, ма́рево, ма́ра, приви́д, фанто́м, привидUkrainian
- گھوسٹUrdu
- maVietnamese
- גייַסטYiddish
- 鬼Chinese
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- demon
- devil
- phantom
- shadow
- soul
- specter
- vampire
- vision
- apparition
- appearance
- banshee
- daemon
- haunt
- kelpie
- manes
- phantasm
- poltergeist
- revenant
- shade
- spook
- visitor
- wraith
- zombie
- eidolon
- ethereal being
- incorporeal being
On this page you’ll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ghost, such as: demon, devil, phantom, shadow, soul, and specter.
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WORDS RELATED TO GHOST
- biographer
- columnist
- composer
- creator
- essayist
- ghost
- ghostwriter
- ink slinger
- journalist
- originator
- playwright
- poet
- producer
- prose writer
- reporter
- scribbler
- scribe
- scripter
- word slinger
- wordsmith
- work-for-hire
- writer
- author
- bang out
- cast
- clef
- coin a phrase
- comp
- conceive
- contrive
- cook up
- design
- devise
- discover
- draw up
- dream up
- fabricate
- forge
- form
- formulate
- frame
- fudge together
- ghost
- ghostwrite
- imagine
- indite
- invent
- knock off
- knock out
- make up
- note down
- orchestrate
- originate
- pen
- poetize
- produce
- push pencil
- put down
- put pen to paper
- score
- scribble
- script
- set type
- set up
- time
- turn out
- whip up
- write
- apparition
- blunder
- casuistry
- chicanery
- daydream
- deception
- deceptiveness
- dream
- eidolon
- error
- fallacy
- false impression
- fancy
- fantasy
- figment
- fool’s paradise
- ghost
- hallucination
- head trip
- ignis fatuus
- illusion
- lapse
- mirage
- misapprehension
- mistake
- optical illusion
- oversight
- phantasm
- phantom
- pipe dream
- self-deception
- shade
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- trickery
- trip
- vision
- ghost
- ghostwriter
- surrogate
- apparition
- bubble
- chimera
- confusion
- daydream
- deception
- deja vu
- delusion
- error
- fallacy
- false impression
- fancy
- fantasy
- figment of imagination
- fool’s paradise
- ghost
- hallucination
- head trip
- hocus-pocus
- idolism
- ignus fatuus
- image
- invention
- make believe
- mirage
- misapprehension
- misbelief
- misconception
- misimpression
- mockery
- myth
- optical illusion
- paramnesia
- phantasm
- phantasma
- pipe dream
- rainbow
- seeming
- semblance
- trip
- virtual reality
- will-o’-the-wisp
- apparition
- bubble
- chimera
- confusion
- daydream
- deception
- delusion
- déjà vu
- error
- fallacy
- false impression
- fancy
- fantasy
- figment of imagination
- fool’s paradise
- ghost
- hallucination
- head trip
- hocus-pocus
- idolism
- ignus fatuus
- image
- invention
- make believe
- mirage
- misapprehension
- misbelief
- misconception
- misimpression
- mockery
- myth
- optical illusion
- paramnesia
- phantasm
- pipe dream
- rainbow
- seeming
- semblance
- trip
- virtual reality
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Phrases with Ghost
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ghost children
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ghost gunman
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ghost monks
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ghost skirt
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ghost phrases
How Ghost often is described
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virtual ghost
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vengeful ghost
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cute ghost
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actual ghost
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angry ghost
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evil ghost
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female ghost
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titular ghost
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powerful ghost
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original ghost
Ghost is the first word in phrase
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ghost rider
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ghost story
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ghost girl
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ghost town
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ghost ship
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ghost trick
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ghost stories
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ghost recon
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ghost coast
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ghost powers
Ghost is the last word in phrase
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space ghost
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bedsheet ghost
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friendly ghost
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black ghost
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force ghost
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rider ghost
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real ghost
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first-person ghost
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holy ghost
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gray ghost

| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gohst |
| Phonetic Transcription : goʊst |
Top 10 synonyms for ghost
Other synonyms for the word ghost
- banshee
- daemon
- eidolon
- ethereal being
- haunt
- incorporeal being
- kelpie
- manes
- phantasm
- poltergeist
- revenant
- shade
- spook
- visitor
- wraith
- zombie
Définition of ghost
Origin :
- Old English gast «soul, spirit, life, breath; good or bad spirit, angel, demon,» from Proto-Germanic *ghoizdoz (cf. Old Saxon gest, Old Frisian jest, Middle Dutch gheest, Dutch geest, German Geist «spirit, ghost»), from PIE root *gheis- «to be excited, amazed, frightened» (cf. Sanskrit hedah «wrath;» Avestan zaesha- «horrible, frightful;» Gothic usgaisjan, Old English gæstan «to frighten»). This was the usual West Germanic word for «supernatural being,» and the primary sense seems to have been connected to the idea of «to wound, tear, pull to pieces.» The surviving Old English senses, however, are in Christian writing, where it is used to render Latin spiritus, a sense preserved in Holy Ghost. Modern sense of «disembodied spirit of a dead person» is attested from late 14c. and returns the word toward its ancient sense.
- Most Indo-European words for «soul, spirit» also double with reference to supernatural spirits. Many have a base sense of «appearance» (e.g. Greek phantasma; French spectre; Polish widmo, from Old Church Slavonic videti «to see;» Old English scin, Old High German giskin, originally «appearance, apparition,» related to Old English scinan, Old High German skinan «to shine»). Other concepts are in French revenant, literally «returning» (from the other world), Old Norse aptr-ganga, literally «back-comer.» Breton bugelnoz is literally «night-child.» Latin manes probably is a euphemism.
- The gh- spelling appeared early 15c. in Caxton, influenced by Flemish and Middle Dutch gheest, but was rare in English before mid-16c. Sense of «slight suggestion» (in ghost image, ghost of a chance, etc.) is first recorded 1610s; that in ghost writing is from 1884, but that term is not found until 1919. Ghost town is from 1908. To give up the ghost «die» was in Old English. Ghost in the machine was Gilbert Ryle’s term (1949) for «the mind viewed as separate from the body.»
- noun spirit of the dead
Example sentences :
- «Mr. Bines has seen a ghost,» said the sharp-eyed Mrs. Drelmer.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- A ghost of color was going up her throat, staining her cheeks.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Girls, do you remember the dinner we gave here after the ghost party?
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe’s Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- She looked as if she had seen a ghost—closed her eyes, even reeled.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- «It is a blessing,» said Renmark, with the ghost of a smile about his lips.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- I could only just gasp along the way you do in a dream when there’s a ghost gaining on you.
- Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- «We thought you were dead,» she remarked, still thinking that I might be a ghost after all.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- Resolutely he suppressed his sympathy for the ghost of Comrade Verloc, and went on.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Winnie lowered the window, and put her head out, white as a ghost.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- It was like being told that the ghost of the dear departed is watching you.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
Antonyms for ghost
- angel
- being
- entity
- god
- reality
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