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spook

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of spook

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 crawl)
Near Antonyms of spook

assure, cheer, comfort, console, solace, soothe

embolden, encourage, hearten, inspire, steel
Antonyms of spook

reassure

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