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

After being acquitted on a technicality, the former leader encounters the ghosts of Mayan genocide victims as protests break out throughout the country in response to the verdict. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

As life moves on, ghosts remain The suit against Fox filed by Zakrzewski's widow, Michelle Ross-Stanton, is still winding its way through the British legal system. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

The Rams led the Broncos 16-0 at halftime until some of the ghosts that haunted them against the Eagles last season crawled out from under the bed. — Nate Atkins, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Six Flags Great America has transformed once more for its 35th Fright Fest, bringing demons, ghosts, ghouls and other things that go bump in the night to the park. — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

The podcast has also explored topics including UFOs, ghosts, body image and untold stories behind The Kardashians. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

In movies Rocky had seen the ghosts didn’t usually make a lot of sense. — Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Tara Badstubner explores why recent ghosts are (actually) haunting us. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

With Venus and Mercury both going retrograde in your 8th house, there’s reason to suspect that you’ll be visited by a lot of ghosts over these next few weeks. — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2026