ghost

From Wiktionary

Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 2.1 Synonyms 2.2 Related words 2.2.1 See also

[change] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /gəʊst/
• (US) IPA: /goʊst/
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[change] Noun

Singular ghost

Plural ghosts

1. (countable); (old, no longer used) A ghost is the spirit or soul of a man.
2. (countable) A ghost is the soul of a dead person that shows up after death.
3. (countable) A ghost is any faint thing that looks like a shadow.
4. (countable) A ghost is a ghostwriter.

[change] Synonyms

• (soul)
  • soul
  • spirit
• (spirit that shows up after death)
  • apparition
  • phantom
  • revenant
  • specter / spectre
  • wraith
• (faint shadowy thing)
  • glimmer
  • glimmering
• (ghostwriter)
  • ghostwriter

[change] Related words

• ghostly
• ghostlike
• ghost crab
• ghost island
• ghost ship
• ghost story
• ghost town
• Holy Ghost

[change] See also