English

Detailed Synonyms for ghost in English

ghost:

ghost [the ~] noun

  1. the ghost
    the ghost; the apparition; the spectre; the phantom; the ghostly apparition; the spook; the specter
  2. the ghost
    the shadow; the ghost
  3. the ghost
    the phantasm; the spectre; the bogey; the delusion; the ghost; the imaginair bogey; the phantom; the fantasm; the specter
  4. the ghost
    the phantom; the ghost; the spectre; the specter
  5. the ghost
    – a mental representation of some haunting experience 1
    the shade; the ghost; the spook; the spectre; the wraith; the specter
    – a mental representation of some haunting experience 1
    • shade [the ~] noun
    • ghost [the ~] noun
      • he looked like he had seen a ghost1
    • spook [the ~] noun
    • spectre [the ~] noun, British
    • wraith [the ~] noun
    • specter [the ~] noun, American
      • it aroused specters from his past1
  6. the ghost
    – a suggestion of some quality 1
    the touch; the trace; the ghost
    – a suggestion of some quality 1
    • touch [the ~] noun
      • there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone1
    • trace [the ~] noun
    • ghost [the ~] noun
      • he detected a ghost of a smile on her face1
  7. the ghost
    – the visible disembodied soul of a dead person 1
    the ghost
    – the visible disembodied soul of a dead person 1
  8. the ghost
    – a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else 1
    the ghost; the ghostwriter
    – a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else 1
  9. the ghost
    – An abandoned or no-longer-maintained Web site that remains accessible to visitors. 2
    the ghost
    – An abandoned or no-longer-maintained Web site that remains accessible to visitors. 2
  10. the ghost
    – A dim, secondary image that is displaced slightly from the primary image on a video display (due to signal reflection in transmission) or on a printout (due to unstable printing elements). 2
    the ghost
    – A dim, secondary image that is displaced slightly from the primary image on a video display (due to signal reflection in transmission) or on a printout (due to unstable printing elements). 2

ghost verb

  1. ghost
    – write for someone else 1
    ghost; ghostwrite
    – write for someone else 1
  2. ghost
    – haunt like a ghost; pursue 1
    to haunt; ghost; to obsess
    – haunt like a ghost; pursue 1
    • haunt verb (haunts, haunted, haunting)
      • Fear of illness haunts her1
    • ghost verb
    • obsess verb (obsesses, obsessed, obsessing)
  3. ghost
    – move like a ghost 1
    ghost
    – move like a ghost 1
    • ghost verb
      • The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard1
  4. ghost
    – To produce a duplicate, such as duplicating an application in memory. 2
    ghost
    – To produce a duplicate, such as duplicating an application in memory. 2

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Related Definitions for "ghost":

  1. a mental representation of some haunting experience1
    • he looked like he had seen a ghost1
  2. a suggestion of some quality1
    • he detected a ghost of a smile on her face1
  3. the visible disembodied soul of a dead person1
  4. a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else1
  5. write for someone else1
    • How many books have you ghostwritten so far?1
  6. haunt like a ghost; pursue1
  7. move like a ghost1
    • The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard1
  8. An abandoned or no-longer-maintained Web site that remains accessible to visitors.2
  9. To produce a duplicate, such as duplicating an application in memory.2
  10. A dim, secondary image that is displaced slightly from the primary image on a video display (due to signal reflection in transmission) or on a printout (due to unstable printing elements).2

Related Synonyms for ghost