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Synonyms for ghost
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Wiktionary3.5 / 2 votes

  1. ghostnoun

    An understudy.

    Synonyms:
    suggestion, hint, ghostwriter, phantom, apparition, haint, spectre, spark, glimmer, spirit, glimmering, spook, revenant, specter, glimpse, inkling, soul, wraith

  2. 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

  3. ghostnoun

    Synonyms:
    echo

  4. 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

  5. ghostnoun

    To ghostwrite.

    Synonyms:
    specter, ghostwriter, spectre, revenant, spook, suggestion, glimmer, apparition, soul, hint, glimpse, glimmering, inkling, haint, spark, phantom, wraith, spirit

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. ghostnoun

    A ghostwriter.

    Synonyms:
    spectre, revenant, suggestion, spook, soul, spark, haint, ghostwriter, glimmer, phantom, glimpse, hint, specter, wraith, spirit, inkling, glimmering, apparition

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ghost

    Synonyms:
    spectre, apparition, spirit, vision, shade, phantom

    Antonyms:
    body, animal, organism

Princeton's WordNet2.5 / 2 votes

  1. 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

  2. ghostwriter, ghostnoun

    a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else

    Synonyms:
    ghostwriter, trace, touch, shade, specter, spook, wraith, spectre

  3. ghostnoun

    the visible disembodied soul of a dead person

    Synonyms:
    ghostwriter, trace, touch, shade, specter, spook, wraith, spectre

  4. 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

  5. ghostverb

    move like a ghost

    "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard"

    Synonyms:
    ghostwrite, obsess, haunt

  6. haunt, obsess, ghostverb

    haunt like a ghost; pursue

    "Fear of illness haunts her"

    Synonyms:
    frequent, ghostwrite, stalk, obsess, haunt

  7. ghost, ghostwriteverb

    write for someone else

    "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?"

    Synonyms:
    ghostwrite, obsess, haunt

Editors Contribution3.0 / 1 vote

  1. goste

    old english spelling.

    Submitted by anonymous on January 17, 2021  
  2. 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  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ghostnoun

    Synonyms:
    spirit, soul

  2. ghostnoun

    Synonyms:
    apparition, spectre, sprite, phantom, shade, GOBLIN, hobgoblin

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ghostnoun

    Synonyms:
    shade, phantom, apparition, spectre, spook, revenant, sprite, wraith, spirit

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Ghost":

    Carlton Hilton, Carlton Hylton

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD3.0 / 1 vote

  1. ghost

    Synonyms:
    Haematology Erythrocyte ghost, ghost cell

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How to use ghost in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. Wallace Chan:

    It is a sacred thing to create a face, it's like a ghost appearing in the gem as you work. The dialogue of gemstone, color and light gives it life.

  3. Stu Strachan:

    I think some traditions value originality more than others. That being said, if you get a ghost writer, I think most pastors would heavily frown on it, however, from a practical money perspective, that’s not something a lot of pastors can do. The average church congregation in the US is around 100 people, and the funds simply are n’t there to pay someone to do that work for you.

  4. Kedar Joshi:

    History is like a ghost. It is as dead as alive.

  5. Fox News:

    By regulating ghost guns as what they are -- firearms, President Biden is reducing a driver of gun violence in our communities and building on his historic funding for community violence prevention. This rule will have an immediate and tangible impact.


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
  • Chinese

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