Synonyms of ghouls

ghouls

noun

plural of ghoul

as in demons

an evil spirit

in Arabic folklore, ghouls could change their shapes but had one unchanging feature: donkey's hooves for feet

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• angels

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ghouls

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

Here was music that pushed the genre back to the realm of ghosts and ghouls, the ideal soundtrack for doing battle with Dracula on the spiral staircase of his manor. — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026

Even a half-century later, the undead ghouls that descend upon survivors in a Pennsylvania farm house are timeless and the gut-punch ending couldn't be more timely. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026

With Adam Roberts announcing the tempos on the baby grand piano, the ghouls in Tevye’s nightmare emerge from around the fourposter. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026

In his masterful first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, ghouls and spirits keep chattering away, as if at a corner barbershop, while Abraham Lincoln mourns his dead 11-year-old son, Willie. — Pico Iyer, Air Mail, 24 Jan. 2026

Its lead character is Harry Dresden, a professional wizard operating out of the city of Chicago in a world where ghouls, ghosts, werewolves and vampires exist in the shadows of modern society. — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026

No disrespect to Purnell, who perfectly calibrated Lucy’s intrinsic hopefulness in the first season and slowly begins to curdle it this go-round as Lucy spends more time among ghouls, raiders, cannibals, and various other feuding factions. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025