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ghost

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(Entry 1 of 2)

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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Words Related to ghost

lemures,
manes

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

Synonyms for ghost

beans,
bubkes
(also bupkes or bupkus),
continental,
damn,
darn
(also durn),
diddly
[slang],
diddly-squat
[slang],
doodley-squat
(or doodly-squat),
fig,
hoot,
iota,
jot,
lick,
modicum,
rap,
squat
[slang],
syllable,
tittle,
whit,
whoop

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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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artifact

4 an evil spirit

the vengeful ghosts of seamen who were deliberately shipwrecked upon these shores

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Words Related to ghost

hag
[archaic],
lamia,
vampire

afreet
(or afrit),
genie,
jinni
(or jinn also djinni or djinn)

monster,
ogre

Near Antonyms for ghost

angel

ghost

verb

Synonyms of ghost (Entry 2 of 2)

as in pad, tiptoe

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for ghost

pad,
tiptoe

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