Synonyms of bogeys

bogeys

noun

variants also bogies

plural of bogey

1

as in enemies

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

• enemies
• demons
• dreads
• bugaboos
• hobgoblins
• plagues
• terrors
• monsters
• ogres
• bugbears
• curses
• horribles
• black beasts
• spirits
• ghosts
• bogeymen
• wraiths
• specters
• ghouls
• phantasms
• spooks
• spectres
• fantasms
• poltergeists
• bêtes noires
• phantoms
• apparitions
• shades
• imps
• banshees
• torments
• bogymen
• devils
• incubuses
• frights
• horrors
• incubi
• monstrosities
• abominations
• daemons
• banes
• scourges
• 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
• wraiths
• haunts
• shadows
• angels
• specters
• spooks
• demons
• vampires
• spectres
• visions
• phantasms
• fantasms
• materializations
• poltergeists
• apparitions
• phantoms
• shades
• sprites
• devils
• zombies
• doubles
• familiar spirits
• doppelgängers
• doppelgangers
• visitants
• daimones
• hants
• lemures
• djinns
• genies
• jinn
• cacodemons
• ghouls
• daimons
• familiars
• jinns
• shaitans
• lamiae
• imps
• incubuses
• succubi
• fetches
• genii
• genii
• djinn
• incubi
• manes
• daemons
• lamias
• geniuses
• fiends