GHOULIES Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

ghoulies

noun

plural of ghoulie

as in ghosts

an evil spirit a tale of a decrepit mansion haunted by a gallery of ghoulies

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Noun

Rooms Thanks to a semi-recent renovation in 2018, The Coonamessett’s 29 rooms and suites capture all the charm of Old Cape Cod with none of the ghosts.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
Trouble is, the place is haunted by racist ghosts (Stranger Things’ Brett Gelman and Ari Dayan) with dark motives of their own.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 July 2026

Definition of ghosts

Noun

Night of the Living Dead centers all the action at a farmhouse, where seven people attempt to ward off the ghouls — without any prior knowledge of how to do so.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
Created by a number of its stars, Ghosts originated on the BBC in 2019, following a group of ghouls from different historical periods haunting a country house while sharing the house with its new living occupants.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026

Definition of ghouls

Noun

And then there was Schmeichel, raised in a Copenhagen tower block, the son of a Polish jazz musician who battled his demons for years.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Alice, meanwhile, is wrestling with demons of her own, searching for solutions that feel impossible to reach within the bounds of what’s acceptable.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 July 2026

Definition of demons

Noun

The 152 rooms celebrate Tasmania’s cultural and creative spirit, from the contemporary paintings of thylacines and Tasmanian devils, to the Blackheart sassafras ceiling inlays.

— Riley Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2026
But there are lots of potential devils in the details (otherwise there’d be little need for experimental reactors).

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026

Definition of devils

Noun

Over the course of 22 episodes, the Doomies crew encounters vampires, parasitic demons, vicious mermaids, and some spirits specific to French folklore, all rendered as real threats towards our heroes.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
So far, this season has been a heady ritual of self-interrogation and self-deception for both vampires.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026

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