Synonyms of ghosts

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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
• phantoms
• spectres
• visions
• haunts
• specters
• wraiths
• poltergeists
• zombies
• vampires
• angels
• spooks
• demons
• bogies
• materializations
• phantasms
• sprites
• ghouls
• visitants
• familiar spirits
• shades
• fantasms
• bogeys
• hants
• daimons
• djinns
• genii
• genii
• jinns
• djinn
• genies
• familiars
• doppelgangers
• devils
• jinn
• daimones
• doubles
• doppelgängers
• daemons
• manes
• succubi
• incubi
• lemures
• imps
• fetches
• geniuses
• fiends
• lamias
• shaitans
• incubuses
• 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
• whits
• hoots
• licks
• little
• figs
• shadows
• syllables
• raps
• beans
• bits
• continentals
• iotas
• specks
• whoops
• particles
• hints
• squats
• diddly-squats
• tittles
• darns
• durns
• touches
• jots
• diddlies
• doodly-squats
• glimmers
• modicums
• suspicions
• rays
• doodley-squats
• traces
• ounces
• pins
• mites
• scruples
• semblances
• peanuts
• shades
• scraps
• streaks
• shreds
• sprinklings
• crumbs
• spots
• driblets
• nips
• strains
• aces
• smidgeons
• smidges
• smidgens
• smidgins
• 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
• shadows
• traces
• remnants
• echoes
• vestiges
• reminders
• artifacts
• echos
• corpses
• mementoes
• mementos
• remembrances
• hangovers
• leftovers
• remainders
• residues
• remains
• 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
• daemons
• fairies
• goblins
• genies
• imps
• elves
• ghoulies
• dwarves
• shadows
• monsters
• fiends
• banshees
• phantoms
• visions
• spectres
• cacodemons
• apparitions
• specters
• trolls
• dwarfs
• hags
• poltergeists
• genii
• spooks
• djinns
• shaitans
• faeries
• pixies
• jinns
• genii
• pucks
• djinn
• succubi
• incubi
• bogies
• lamias
• phantasms
• jinn
• gnomes
• familiars
• shades
• leprechauns
• gremlins
• sprites
• brownies
• incubuses
• familiar spirits
• hobgoblins
• bugbears
• fantasms
• ogres
• kobolds
• lamiae
• bogeys
• fays
• afrits
• geniuses
• afreets

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• angels

ghosts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ghost

as in tiptoes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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