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variants:
or jinns
also djinn
or djinns
plural of jinni
Synonyms of jinn
as in genies, angels
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for jinn
- apparitions,
- bogeys
- (also bogies),
- familiar spirits,
- ghosts,
- hants
- [dialect],
- haunts
- [chiefly dialect],
- materializations,
- phantasms
- (also fantasms),
- phantoms,
- poltergeists,
- shades,
- shadows,
- specters
- (or spectres),
- spirits,
- spooks,
- sprites,
- visions,
- visitants,
- wraiths
- doppelgängers
- (or doppelgangers),
- doubles,
- fetches
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“Jinn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinn. Accessed 28 Jun. 2022.
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