Synonyms of spook

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noun

1

as in spy

a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country

Russia recalled its spooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spy
• operative
• agent
• mole
• undercover
• undercover agent
• secret agent
• asset
• emissary
• informer
• intelligencer
• sleeper
• courier
• double agent
• counterspy
• stool pigeon
• infiltrator
• spymaster
• superspy

2

as in ghost

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people

Halloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ghost
• apparition
• spirit
• phantom
• haunt
• bogy
• spectre
• specter
• vampire
• poltergeist
• wraith
• zombie
• phantasm
• bogie
• demon
• shadow
• bogey
• visitant
• vision
• sprite
• materialization
• familiar spirit
• hant
• angel
• fantasm
• ghoul
• zombi
• familiar
• shade
• double
• fetch
• doppelganger
• djinn
• daimon
• genie
• jinn
• doppelgänger
• jinni
• genius
• incubus
• devil
• daemon
• djinni
• imp
• manes
• shaitan
• succubus
• lamia
• lemures
• fiend
• cacodemon

spook

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verb

as in to frighten

to strike with fear

the sudden noise spooked her out of her skin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frighten
• scare
• terrify
• startle
• terrorize
• fright
• panic
• shock
• horrify
• shake
• alarm
• scarify
• affright
• alarum
• distract
• amaze
• make one's flesh crawl
• give one the creeps
• appal
• make one's flesh creep
• appall
• shake up
• disturb
• worry
• jolt
• unnerve
• unsettle
• astound
• awe
• daunt
• dismay
• distress
• dispirit
• disconcert
• emasculate
• bowl over
• floor
• perturb
• discomfort
• disquiet
• upset
• psych (out)
• demoralize
• unman
• chill
• discompose
• unstring
• undo

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reassure
• assure
• cheer
• comfort
• soothe
• encourage
• console
• steel
• inspire
• solace
• embolden
• hearten