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Synonyms & Antonyms of ghost
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1
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
- looked for ghosts in the graveyard on Halloween
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2
the smallest amount or part imaginable
- she may be a good endurance runner, but she doesn't stand a ghost of a chance of winning in a sprint
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3
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
- the down-at-the-heels town house is but a ghost of the neighborhood's former grandeur
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4
an evil spirit
- the vengeful ghosts of seamen who were deliberately shipwrecked upon these shores
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- apparition,
- banshee,
- bogey
- (also bogie or bogy),
- bugbear,
- familiar,
- familiar spirit,
- genius,
- phantasm
- (also fantasm),
- phantom,
- poltergeist,
- shade,
- shadow,
- specter
- (or spectre),
- spirit,
- spook,
- vision,
- wraith
Near Antonyms for ghost
ghost
verb
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“Ghost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghost. Accessed 11 Aug. 2022.
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