Synonyms of ghostly

ghostly

adjective

as in spectral

of or relating to a ghost

A ghostly figure appears in the house at night.

Related Words

• spectral
• phantom
• dead
• ghostlike
• deadly
• mortal
• murderous
• deathly
• lifeless
• mortuary
• inert
• cadaverous
• inactive
• still
• quiescent
• fell
• killer
• fatal
• inoperative
• lethal
• macabre
• fateful
• baleful
• pestilent

Dissimilar Words

• active
• breathing
• live
• alive
• living
• animate
• vital
• whole
• sound
• well
• animated
• vivacious
• healthy
• wholesome
• robust
• hearty
• fit
• hale
• chipper
• able-bodied

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ghostly

Two of the Starlink mockups carried cameras for external imaging on the last Starship mission, returning views of the ship set against the ghostly darkness of space. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026

Yet, despite the fact that supernovas have been erupting every second over the course of 13 billion years or so to produce the neutrinos that accumulate as the DSNB, this ghostly signal is still faint, a whisper rather than a shout. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 July 2026

Earthy, ghostly, weighty, touched by humor and grandeur alike. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 6 July 2026

Things rapidly spiral out of control for the quartet as a waking nightmare, filled with ghostly figures and sudden disappearances, unfolds. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026