Synonyms of ghosts

ghosts 1 of 2

noun

plural of ghost

1

as in spirits

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

• spirits
• apparitions
• shadows
• haunts
• phantoms
• visions
• specters
• wraiths
• poltergeists
• vampires
• zombies
• spooks
• demons
• angels
• materializations
• phantasms
• sprites
• ghouls
• shades
• familiar spirits
• visitants
• bogeys
• hants
• genies
• familiars
• daimones
• jinn
• devils
• doubles
• doppelgängers
• manes
• succubi
• incubi
• lemures
• imps
• fetches
• geniuses
• shaitans
• fiends
• cacodemons
• lamiae

2

as in damns

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

• damns
• hoots
• licks
• whits
• little
• figs
• shadows
• syllables
• beans
• raps
• bits
• continentals
• whoops
• particles
• specks
• squats
• diddly-squats
• hints
• darns
• diddlies
• jots
• iotas
• touches
• modicums
• suspicions
• doodley-squats
• rays
• glimmers
• tittles
• traces
• pins
• mites
• scruples
• ounces
• semblances
• peanuts
• shades
• scraps
• streaks
• shreds
• sprinklings
• crumbs
• spots
• strains
• driblets
• nips
• aces
• smidgens
• dabs
• skoshes
• snaps

3

as in relics

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

• relics
• traces
• shadows
• remnants
• echoes
• artifacts
• vestiges
• reminders
• corpses
• mementos
• remembrances
• remains
• hangovers
• leftovers
• residues
• remainders
• afterimages
• dregs
• scraps
• leavings
• balances
• residuals
• aftertastes
• rests
• oddments

4

as in demons

an evil spirit

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demons
• ghouls
• devils
• vampires
• spirits
• nightmares
• wraiths
• fairies
• goblins
• imps
• elves
• genies
• ghoulies
• monsters
• shadows
• fiends
• banshees
• phantoms
• visions
• cacodemons
• apparitions
• specters
• trolls
• hags
• dwarfs
• poltergeists
• shaitans
• spooks
• pixies
• faeries
• succubi
• incubi
• pucks
• phantasms
• jinn
• gnomes
• familiars
• leprechauns
• gremlins
• shades
• sprites
• brownies
• familiar spirits
• hobgoblins
• bugbears
• ogres
• kobolds
• lamiae
• bogeys
• fays
• afreets
• geniuses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• angels

ghosts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of ghost

as in tiptoes

Related Words

• tiptoes
• pads
• edges
• worms
• creeps
• snakes
• inches
• crawls
• lurks
• steals
• slinks
• skulks
• sneaks
• mouses
• slides
• shirks
• pussyfoots
• mooches
• slips

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ghosts

Noun

It could be argued baseball isn't America's pastime any longer, yet there's something poetic and haunting in this beautiful film that explores the sport as well as ghosts of our past. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026

The savory along the river is teeming with bees, and small white moths light among the ghosts of withered bergamot. — Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

Possibly the biggest Korean release of the summer, this dark fantasy historical thriller stars Nam Joo-hyuk as Gu-cheon, a man who can traverse the world of ghosts, alongside Roh Yoon-seo as Saeng-gang, a court lady carrying a dangerous secret. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Typically, ghosts show up in literature when something that has been repressed escapes and becomes everyone’s problem. — Sarah Schulman, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026

Mexico City is home to England’s World Cup ghosts after hosting the quarter-final defeat to Argentina in 1986. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 28 June 2026

This bed and breakfast is said to be haunted by more than a dozen spirits, including the ghosts of Civil War soldiers and a woman who once owned the early 1800s home. — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026

The ghosts of 1982 Austrian coach Ralf Rangnick was asked multiple times at a news conference Friday outside of Arrowhead Stadium about that shocking game at the 1982 World Cup. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026

At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026