Synonyms of ghost

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noun

1

as in apparition

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people

looked for ghosts in the graveyard on Halloween

Synonyms & Similar Words

• apparition
• spirit
• phantom
• haunt
• spectre
• wraith
• poltergeist
• specter
• zombie
• vampire
• shadow
• spook
• angel
• demon
• sprite
• bogy
• vision
• phantasm
• bogie
• materialization
• ghoul
• visitant
• zombi
• familiar spirit
• fantasm
• hant
• bogey
• doppelganger
• shade
• djinn
• daimon
• genie
• familiar
• doppelgänger
• double
• jinn
• fetch
• devil
• jinni
• incubus
• succubus
• djinni
• daemon
• genius
• lemures
• manes
• imp
• lamia
• shaitan
• fiend
• cacodemon

2

as in damn

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 & Similar Words

• damn
• hoot
• whit
• lick
• shred
• little
• syllable
• bit
• darn
• durn
• fig
• beans
• rap
• continental
• modicum
• tittle
• squat
• whoop
• iota
• touch
• doodly-squat
• hint
• jot
• doodley-squat
• particle
• ray
• glimmer
• speck
• diddly-squat
• pin
• diddly
• shadow
• trace
• ounce
• bupkes
• suspicion
• bupkus
• semblance
• sprinkling
• streak
• bubkes
• mite
• peanuts
• scrap
• ace
• spot
• strain
• crumb
• scruple
• smidgen
• smidgeon
• nip
• smidge
• smidgin
• shade
• dab
• driblet
• snap
• skosh

3

as in relic

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relic
• trace
• shadow
• artifact
• remnant
• echo
• vestige
• reminder
• corpse
• memento
• afterimage
• remembrance
• hangover
• rest
• aftertaste
• remainder
• leftover
• remain(s)
• residual
• residue
• leavings
• scrap
• balance
• dreg(s)
• oddment

4

as in demon

an evil spirit

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demon
• ghoul
• vampire
• devil
• nightmare
• wraith
• fairy
• daemon
• goblin
• genie
• spirit
• imp
• elf
• ghoulie
• monster
• banshee
• phantom
• fiend
• cacodemon
• dwarf
• hag
• apparition
• spectre
• troll
• shaitan
• poltergeist
• specter
• spook
• incubus
• faery
• succubus
• puck
• shadow
• djinn
• vision
• faerie
• bogy
• lamia
• pixie
• phantasm
• pixy
• gnome
• jinn
• bogie
• familiar
• sprite
• djinni
• gremlin
• leprechaun
• jinni
• familiar spirit
• bugbear
• brownie
• fantasm
• afrit
• ogre
• kobold
• hobgoblin
• bogey
• genius
• fay
• shade
• afreet

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• angel

ghost

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verb

as in to pad

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pad
• worm
• mouse
• tiptoe
• creep
• snake
• edge
• crawl
• inch
• steal
• sneak
• slide
• lurk
• skulk
• slink
• slip
• shirk
• pussyfoot
• mooch

Phrases Containing ghost

• give up the ghost