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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
  • a novel about a spook during the Cold War
Synonyms of spook

agent, emissary, operative, spy
Words Related to spook

courier

counterspy

infiltrator, informer, stool pigeon
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, materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spirit, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith
Words Related to spook

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

spook

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of spook

to strike with fear
  • The sudden noise spooked her out of her skin.
Synonyms of spook

alarm (also alarum), fright, frighten, horrify, panic, scare, 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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