Synonyms of bogey

bogey

noun

variants also bogie or bogy

1

as in dread

something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason

math and math tests have long been bogeys for many students

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dread
• enemy
• demon
• bugaboo
• plague
• bugbear
• horrible
• hobgoblin
• monster
• ogre
• terror
• curse
• bête noire
• spectre
• black beast
• bogeyman
• ghost
• specter
• phantom
• wraith
• phantasm
• spook
• apparition
• bogyman
• torment
• spirit
• fantasm
• poltergeist
• ghoul
• daemon
• banshee
• fright
• incubus
• imp
• devil
• shade
• scourge
• horror
• bane
• anathema
• abomination
• monstrosity
• fiend

2

as in ghost

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

the child believed bogeys lived in the closet

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Examples of bogey in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One last bogey gave him a 77 and left him three behind. —Doug Ferguson, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2024

The first-time Olympian shot a 62 in the final round with no bogeys to best Great Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama in the men's individual stroke play golf tournament at Le Golf National on Sunday. —Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2024

Scheffler finished his final round level with Tommy Fleetwood, but a bogey on the 17th hole for the British golfer dropped him down to 17-under. —Ben Morse, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024

After his bogey on 12, Lawrence made pars on his final six holes to finish fourth. —Bob Gillespie, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2024