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ghost
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of GHOST
1
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people <looked for ghosts in the graveyard on Halloween>
2
the smallest amount or part imaginable <she may be a good endurance runner, but she doesn't stand a ghost of a chance of winning in a sprint>
3
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished <the down-at-the-heels town house is but a ghost of the neighborhood's former grandeur>
4
an evil spirit <the vengeful ghosts of seamen who were deliberately shipwrecked upon these shores>
Related Words hag [archaic], lamia, vampire; incubus, nightmare, succubus; afreet (or afrit), genie, jinni (or jinn also djinni or djinn); apparition, banshee, bogey (also bogie or bogy), bugbear, familiar, familiar spirit, genius, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, vision, wraith; brownie, dwarf, elf, faerie (also faery), fairy, fay, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, kobold, leprechaun, pixie (also pixy), puck, sprite, troll; monster, ogre
Near Antonyms angel
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