AFREET Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

afreet

noun

variants or afrit

Definition of afreet

as in imp

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Noun

People have since replaced the imp with fictional people like Sam and Dean Winchester and Wednesday Addams, public figures like Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and even mascots like Ronald McDonald.

— Angela Yang, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026
Mykal-Michelle Harris from Raven’s Home guest stars as Ruby, a mischievous moon imp who tricks Vee.

— Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of imp

Noun

No ghosts, ghouls, or demons here, just the evil things that greed makes people do, at least until the little guy starts fighting back.

— Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
Written and directed by Jeremy Slater, the film follows Jefferson Haddock (Bacon), who is called into an isolated witness protection property to deal with a terrifying demon, unleashing a force that threatens to end him and everything around him.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of demon

Noun

This year a ghoul towers over the entrance, welcoming visitors — or perhaps warning them to stay away.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
At its strongest, Crossing the Red Line paints an important portrait of the ghouls who prosecuted the genocide in Gaza, offering an historically crucial record of their conduct and their failures.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of ghoul

Noun

That was a concept that came from one of our artists in the region who said, OK, well, if there’s been centuries of battles between an evil jinn faction and humanity, perhaps some pieces of them would still remain in the world?

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
But as the djinn becomes embodied, the delicate balance between the real and the supernatural starts to falter.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 June 2026

Definition of jinni

Noun

While designing a modern power grid may be more complex and remain costly in the near-term, the genie is not going back in the solar bottle.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026
At this point, there’s probably no follow-up clarification anyone could offer that would put the genie back in the bottle.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of genie

Noun

From glittering ghosts, ghastly goblins and wicked witches to wily warlocks, fashion can inspire any Halloween transformation.

— Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026
There were earlier versions of this story that were openly mocking of Kip, versions that threw Leo under the bus for being too sly; versions that were too overtly political; versions with ghosts that didn’t need to be there, and so on.

— Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of ghost

Noun

The boo hag Take, for instance, the boo hag, a being in Gullah Geechee folklore.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Oct. 2026
The sea hag in Widow’s Bay, by contrast, is a monstrous cross between Samara from The Ring, the entity from It Follows, and the lady in the bathtub from The Shining.

— Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of hag

Noun

The Devil’s Museum, a satellite of the main collection, has amassed more than 3,000 depictions of demons, evil spirits and incubus from around the world.

— Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Your fame sits beside you like an incubus, and people are embarrassed and want to leave the room.

— Candace Bushnell, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025

Definition of incubus

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