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spook

noun

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1 a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country

Russia recalled its spooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union

Synonyms of spook

agent, asset, emissary, intelligencer, mole, operative, spy, undercover

Words Related to spook

courier

counterspy, double agent, sleeper

infiltrator, informer, stool pigeon

spymaster, superspy

Phrases Synonymous with spook

secret agent, undercover agent

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

Halloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad

Synonyms of spook

apparition, bogey (also bogie), familiar spirit, ghost, hant [dialect], haunt [chiefly dialect], materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spirit, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith

Words Related to spook

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

double, doppelgänger (or doppelganger), fetch

lemures, manes

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

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

spook

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of spook

to strike with fear

the sudden noise spooked her out of her skin

Synonyms of spook

affright, alarm (also alarum), fright, frighten, horrify, panic, scare, scarify, shock, startle, terrify, terrorize

Words Related to spook

appall (also appal), bowl over, dismay, floor, jolt, shake, shake up

amaze, astound, awe

chill, daunt, demoralize, dispirit, emasculate, psych (out), undo, unman, unnerve, unstring

discomfort, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distract, distress, disturb, perturb, unsettle, upset, worry

Phrases Synonymous with spook

give one the creeps, make one's flesh creep (or make one's flesh crawl)

Near Antonyms of spook

assure, cheer, comfort, console, solace, soothe

embolden, encourage, hearten, inspire, steel

Antonyms of spook

reassure

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