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poltergeist

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Synonyms and Antonyms of poltergeist

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people

We thought a poltergeist was knocking dishes off the shelves, but it turned out to just be vibrations from passing trains.

Synonyms of poltergeist

apparition, bogey (also bogie), familiar spirit, ghost, materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith

Words Related to poltergeist

angel, familiar, genie, genius, jinni (or jinn)

double, doppelgänger (or doppelganger), fetch

incubus, lamia, succubus, vampire, zombie (also zombi)

demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp

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