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

Lisa Robertson’s Riverwork draws on all these influences, and many more, to evoke overlapping Parises that chime with one another like a ghostly carillon. — Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

The street, still full of equipment and plastic water bottles, felt quiet and ghostly. — Sarah Shanfield, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

The experience of pilgrimage became a ritual, and there’s a ghostly quality to these pictures. — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

The piece follows the fall of the notorious libertine, a reckless womanizer, ignoring many supernatural warnings until a ghostly stone attempts to have its way with his soul. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026