ghost
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- (countable); (old, no longer used) A ghost is the spirit or soul of a man.
- (countable) A ghost is the soul of a dead person that shows up after death.
- The house was haunted by the ghost of the little boy who used to live here. [1]
- (countable) A ghost is any faint thing that looks like a shadow.
- (countable) A ghost is a ghostwriter.
Synonyms[change]
- (soul): soul, spirit
- (spirit that shows up after death): apparition, phantom, revenant, specter / spectre, wraith
- (faint shadowy thing): glimmer, glimmering
- (ghostwriter): ghostwriter
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- ↑ Date 2012 Publication information New York : Grand Central Pub.,Edition: 1st ed. Title You came back :a novel Author Coake, Christopher.