Synonyms of bogeys

bogeys

noun

variants also bogies

plural of bogey

1

as in dreads

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

• dreads
• demons
• enemies
• bugaboos
• plagues
• hobgoblins
• terrors
• ogres
• curses
• horribles
• bugbears
• monsters
• spirits
• spectres
• black beasts
• ghosts
• bogeymen
• wraiths
• specters
• bêtes noires
• daemons
• ghouls
• phantoms
• fantasms
• phantasms
• spooks
• apparitions
• poltergeists
• shades
• imps
• torments
• banshees
• frights
• bogymen
• horrors
• incubuses
• devils
• incubi
• abominations
• monstrosities
• scourges
• banes
• fiends
• anathemas

2

as in ghosts

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

• ghosts
• spirits
• haunts
• spectres
• angels
• shadows
• wraiths
• specters
• vampires
• spooks
• visions
• demons
• apparitions
• fantasms
• materializations
• phantasms
• phantoms
• poltergeists
• shades
• sprites
• familiar spirits
• zombies
• visitants
• devils
• djinns
• doubles
• daimons
• hants
• genies
• daimones
• genii
• genii
• jinns
• djinn
• doppelgangers
• jinn
• familiars
• doppelgängers
• daemons
• ghouls
• lemures
• fetches
• shaitans
• imps
• manes
• incubuses
• succubi
• incubi
• cacodemons
• lamias
• geniuses
• lamiae
• fiends