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