Strange to say, he saw the ghost of his father.
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Ghost
/ɡəʊst/
Synonyms for "ghost" (329 found)
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Closest matches (66)
Noun(10 words)
act foradvertising writeragentalternatealternativeanalogyannalistapparitionappearanceart criticastralastral spiritauthorauthoressbackupbansheebelletristbete noirebibliographerbingo
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black spotbloombloopingbogeybogeymanboggartbugaboobugbearchangechange places withchangelingcheckerschesscoauthorcollaboratecollaboratorcolumnistcomparisoncompilercomposecomposercontrolcopycopywritercounterfeitcreative writercriticcrowd outcut outdance criticdash offdefinitiondelusiondemondeparted spiritdeputy
Strong matches (99)
devildiaristdisembodied spiritdisplacedoppelgangerdoubledouble fordraculadrama criticdramatistdriftdummyduppydybbukeditorializeeidolonencyclopedistequalequivalentersatz
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essayistexchangefakefee-faw-fumfill infill in forfill-inflarefloatfootformformulatefrankensteinfree lancefree-lancefree-lance writerfrightenerfringe areagameghostwriteghostwriterghoulglideglimmergranulationgrateful deadgridguidehallucinationhanthard shadowhaunthinthobgoblinholy terrorhorrorhumoristidolumillusionimageimitationimmaterialityincorporealincorporeal beingincorporeityincubusinditeinditerknock offknock outlarvalemuresliterary artistliterary craftsmanliterary criticliterary manlitterateurlocum tenenslogographermagazine writermakeshiftman of lettersmanesmasanmaterialization
Adjective(3 words)
earthbound creatureearthbound spiritimmaterial entity
Verb(2 words)
Related words (164)
Noun(21 words)
materializemost earthboundphantasmsphantomphantomspoltergeistspontianakremnantromanian creatureruinshadeshadowspectersspectrespiritspookspooksspytouchwraith
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metaphormetonymymonographermonstermultiple imagemusic criticnewspapermannext best thingnightmarenoisenovelettistnovelistnovelizeogreogressonipamphleteerpenwomanpersonnelphantasm
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phantasmaphantomphonypicturepicture noisepicture shiftspinch hitpinch hitterpinch-hitplow the deeppoetpoltergeistpreparepresenceproduceprose writerproxyrainreliefrelievereplacereplacementrepresentrepresentativereservesrevenantreviewerrideride the searingerrollingrunsailscanning patternscarebabescarecrowscarerscenario writerscenaristscenarizescintillascintillationscribescriptwriterscudsecond stringsecondaryshadeshadingshadowshapeshootshort-story writershrouded spiritsignskimslipsnowsnowstormsparesparesspecterspectral ghostspectrumspellspell offspiritspooksportspritestand instand in forstand-instorytellersubsubrogatesubstituentsubstitutesubstitute forsubstitutionsuccedaneumsucceedsuccubussuggestionsupersedesupersedersupplantsupplantersurrogateswap places withsymbolsynecdochetechnical writerterrortheophanythird stringthrow on papertokentraceumbraunderstudyunderstudy forunsubstantialityutility playervampirevicarvice presidentvice-presidentvice-regentvisionwalk the waterswalking dead manwandering soulwerewolfwolf manwolf-manword painterwordsmithwraithwritewriterzombie
Verb(1 words)
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More general
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
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10 entriesabandoned mining townafterimageappearblockdeserted resort townmaterializememorypoltergeistrevenantunfriend
Collocations
8 entriesfriendly ghostghost a friendghost imageghost someoneghost storyghost townghost writerghosting someone
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriesSample sentences
81 total sentences available.
Sure enough, the ghost appeared on the balcony.
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What would you do if you saw a ghost?
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Few of the trippers called in at the ghost town of New York.
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