36 English Synonyms for GHOST

Definition: 1. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

There are 5 definitions of the word apparition

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Definition: 1. A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.

There are 10 definitions of the word haunt

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Definition: 1. A ghost or apparition.

There are 9 definitions of the word phantom

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Definition: 1. Someone who returns from a long absence.

There are 4 definitions of the word revenant

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Definition: 1. A hobgoblin.

There are 11 definitions of the word spook

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Definition: 1. A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death.

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Definition: 1. The spirit or essence of anything.

There are 10 definitions of the word soul

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Definition: 1. A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.

There are 16 definitions of the word spirit

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Definition: 1. The inherent nature of a thing or idea.

There are 9 definitions of the word essence

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Definition: 1. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.

There are 18 definitions of the word bogey

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Definition: 1. (US, dialectal) Alternative form of haunt.

There are 3 definitions of the word haint

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Definition: 1. A faint light; a dim glow.

There are 5 definitions of the word glimmer

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Definition: 1. A glimmer.

There are 2 definitions of the word glimmering

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Definition: 1. (transitive)

There are 6 definitions of the word glimpse

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Definition: 1. A clue.

There are 10 definitions of the word hint

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Definition: 1. Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.

There are 4 definitions of the word inkling

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Definition: 1. A short or small burst of electrical discharge.

There are 16 definitions of the word spark

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Definition: 1. The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.

There are 5 definitions of the word suggestion

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Definition: 1. A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.

There are 23 definitions of the word echo

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Definition: 1. A reserve or substitute.

There are 11 definitions of the word backup

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Definition: 1. (American football) A defensive player assigned to cover an offensive backfield player man-to-man when they are expected to engage in a running play, but the offensive player does not run with the ball immediately.

There are 6 definitions of the word spy

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Definition: 1. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.

There are 28 definitions of the word shadow

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Definition: 1. (mythology, Britain) A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.

There are 2 definitions of the word barghest

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Definition: 1. (Caribbean, Jamaica) A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night.

There are 4 definitions of the word duppy

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