Word GHOST: meanings, synonyms & antonyms

ghost

🇺🇸 [ɡoʊst]

Meanings

The spirit or soul of a deceased person, often depicted as haunting places or appearing to the living. Ghosts are commonly associated with supernatural beliefs and folklore. The term can also refer to something that is elusive or faint.

Examples

• She believed the house was haunted by the ghost of its former owner.
• He saw a ghost in the old castle late at night.
• The figure moved like a ghost, barely visible in the dark.

Synonyms

spirit • phantom • apparition

Antonyms

reality • being • living