Thesaurus:ghost

Thesaurus

ghost

English

Noun

Sense: a disembodied spirit appearing after death

Synonyms

• apparition
• barghest
• duppy
• eidolon
• empuse (obsolete)
• ghost
• haint
• haunt
• jumbie
• phantom
• poltergeist
• revenant
• shade
• specter
• spectre
• spirit    [⇒ thesaurus]
• spook
• sprite
• visitant
• wraith

Hypernyms

• being
• spirit    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• bogeyman
• demon    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ghoul
• zombie

See also

• Thesaurus:ghostly
• Thesaurus:monstrous

Further reading

• “980. demon” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “ghost” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.