Ghost

//ɡəʊst//

Synonyms for "ghost" (318 found)

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Closest matches (64)

Strong matches (95)

Related words (159)

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capable of

5 entries

causes

1 entries

created by

1 entries

defined as

1 entries

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has context

9 entries

is a

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similar

5 entries

Translations

578 translations across 157 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • gees noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • spook noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • spookbeeld noun (false image on a television screen)

Ainu

1 entries
  • トゥカㇷ゚ noun (spirit appearing after death)

Alabama

2 entries
  • aatsollokchi noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • sollòkchi noun (spirit appearing after death)

Albanian

4 entries
  • bubë noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantazmë noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • flama noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • gogol noun (spirit appearing after death)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • φάντασμα noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • φάσμα noun (spirit appearing after death)

Arabic

4 entries
  • جِنِّي noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • خَيَال noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • رُوح noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • زَوْل noun (spirit appearing after death)

Aragonese

4 entries
  • alma noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • aparición noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • espectro noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • espírito noun (spirit appearing after death)

Armenian

2 entries
  • հոգի noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ուրվական noun (spirit appearing after death)

Asturian

4 entries
  • alma noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • apaición noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • espectru noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • espíritu noun (spirit appearing after death)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • hayalet noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ruh noun (spirit appearing after death)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • өрәк noun (spirit appearing after death)

Basque

1 entries
  • mamu noun (spirit appearing after death)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • дух noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • здань noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • пры́від noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • фанто́м noun (spirit appearing after death)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ভূত noun (spirit appearing after death)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • kalag noun (spirit appearing after death)

Breton

2 entries
  • spes noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • tasmant noun (spirit appearing after death)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • двоен образ noun (false image on a television screen)
  • дух noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • при́зрак noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • привиде́ние noun (spirit appearing after death)

Burmese

3 entries
  • တစ္ဆေ noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • နာနာဘာဝ noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • သရဲ noun (spirit appearing after death)

Catalan

4 entries
  • aberració noun (false image in an optical device)
  • aparició noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • distorsió noun (false image in an optical device)
  • distorsió noun (false image on a television screen)

Chechen

2 entries
  • бӏоб noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • гӏаларт noun (spirit appearing after death)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏂᏣᏍᎩᎵ noun (spirit appearing after death)

Cheyenne

1 entries
  • séo'ȯtse noun (spirit appearing after death)

Chichewa

4 entries
  • chidangwaleza class 7 chidude noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • chipukupuku noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • chiŵanda noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • chowuka noun (spirit appearing after death)

Chinese

1 entries
  • гуй noun (spirit appearing after death)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 幻象 noun (faint shadowy semblance)
  • 幻象 noun (false image in an optical device)
  • 幽靈 /幽灵 noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • 幽魂 noun (spirit appearing after death)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ϩⲟⲣⲧϥ noun (spirit appearing after death)

Cree

1 entries
  • cîpay noun (spirit appearing after death)

Czech

4 entries
  • artefakt noun (false image in an optical device)
  • duch noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • duch noun (false image in an optical device)
  • duch noun (false image on a television screen)

Danish

4 entries
  • draug noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • genfærd noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • genganger noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • gespenst noun (spirit appearing after death)

Dari

2 entries
  • رُوح noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • شَبَح noun (spirit appearing after death)

Darkinjung

2 entries
  • buddhung noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • buddhung noun (faint shadowy semblance)

Dutch

4 entries
  • artefact noun (false image in an optical device)
  • fantoom noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • geest noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • gespens noun (spirit appearing after death)

Dutch Low Saxon

4 entries
  • jeist noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • jespanst noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • spoek noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • spökels noun (spirit appearing after death)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • Ax-Z1:H_SPACE noun (spirit appearing after death)

Erzya

1 entries
  • цюдавома noun (spirit appearing after death)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • apero noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantomo noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantomo noun (faint shadowy semblance)
  • ombro noun (spirit appearing after death)

Estonian

2 entries
  • fantoom noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • kummitus noun (spirit appearing after death)

Evenki

1 entries
  • musun noun (spirit appearing after death)

Faroese

3 entries
  • andi noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • dreygur noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • spøkilsi noun (spirit appearing after death)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aave noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • haamu noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • haamu noun (faint shadowy semblance)
  • haamukuva noun (false image in an optical device)

French

4 entries
  • apparition noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • esprit noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantasme noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantôme noun (spirit appearing after death)

Friulian

2 entries
  • fantàsime noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • parence noun (spirit appearing after death)

Galician

4 entries
  • aparición noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • bulto noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • cocón noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • defunto noun (spirit appearing after death)

Georgian

4 entries
  • აჩრდილი noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • აჩრდილი noun (faint shadowy semblance)
  • ზმანება noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ლანდი noun (spirit appearing after death)

German

4 entries
  • Erscheinung noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • Gehuuri noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • Geist noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • Geisterbild noun (false image on a television screen)

Greek

2 entries
  • σκιά noun (faint shadowy semblance)
  • φάντασμα noun (spirit appearing after death)

Hawaiian

4 entries
  • akua noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • lapu noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • lapu noun (faint shadowy semblance)
  • ʻuhane noun (spirit appearing after death)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • רוּחַ רְפָאִים noun (spirit appearing after death)

Hindi

4 entries
  • आत्मा noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • छाया noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • देव noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • पिशाच noun (spirit appearing after death)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • fantom noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • kísértet noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • szellem noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • szellemkép noun (false image on a television screen)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • draugur noun (spirit appearing after death)

Ido

2 entries
  • fantomo noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantomo noun (faint shadowy semblance)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • dedemitan noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • hantu noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • momok noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • polong noun (spirit appearing after death)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • روح noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • شَبَح noun (spirit appearing after death)

Irish

2 entries
  • sprid noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • taibhse noun (spirit appearing after death)

Italian

4 entries
  • anima noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • apparizione noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantasima noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantasma noun (spirit appearing after death)

Jamaican Creole

1 entries
  • duppy noun (spirit appearing after death)

Japanese

4 entries
  • お化け noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ゴースト noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • 亡霊 noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • 化け物 noun (spirit appearing after death)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • maglalage noun (spirit appearing after death)

Karbi

2 entries
  • chamburukso noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • hi-eh noun (spirit appearing after death)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • елес noun (spirit appearing after death)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • ùo noun (spirit appearing after death)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ខ្មោច noun (spirit appearing after death)

Korean

4 entries
  • 고스트 noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • 귀신 noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • 영혼 noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • 유령 noun (spirit appearing after death)

Kven

2 entries
  • haamu noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • haamu noun (faint shadowy semblance)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • арбак noun (spirit appearing after death)

Ladin

3 entries
  • fantom noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • spiert noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • utschac noun (spirit appearing after death)

Lao

4 entries
  • ຕາຫລອກ noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ປີສາດ noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ຜີ noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ພູດ noun (spirit appearing after death)

Latgalian

3 entries
  • bīds noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • mūksts noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • čapāslys noun (spirit appearing after death)

Latin

4 entries
  • larva noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • manes noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • phantasma noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • phasma noun (spirit appearing after death)

Latvian

4 entries
  • fantoms noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • gars noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • parādība noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • spoks noun (spirit appearing after death)

Limburgish

2 entries
  • geis noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • sjpook noun (spirit appearing after death)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • fantomas noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • pamėklė noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • vaiduoklis noun (spirit appearing after death)

Lower Sorbian

3 entries
  • tšašydło noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • wopokazowanje noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • šarjenje noun (spirit appearing after death)

Luhya

1 entries
  • bhisieno noun (faint shadowy semblance)

Luxembourgish

3 entries
  • Geescht noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • Gespenst noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • Phantom noun (spirit appearing after death)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • авет noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • дух noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • привидение noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • призрак noun (spirit appearing after death)

Malagasy

3 entries
  • fanahy noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • lolo noun (faint shadowy semblance)
  • matoatoa noun (spirit appearing after death)

Malay

2 entries
  • hantu noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • palau verb ((transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • പ്രേതം noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ഭൂതം noun (spirit appearing after death)

Maltese

4 entries
  • fatat noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ruħ noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • spirtu noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ħares noun (spirit appearing after death)

Manchu

2 entries
  • ᠪᡠᠴᡝᠯᡳ noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ᡥᡠᡨᡠ noun (spirit appearing after death)

Manx

4 entries
  • scaa noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • scaan noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • scaan noun (false image on a television screen)
  • scaanjoon noun (spirit appearing after death)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • mufu noun (spirit appearing after death)

Marathi

1 entries
  • भूत noun (spirit appearing after death)

Middle English

1 entries
  • goost noun (spirit appearing after death)

Moksha

2 entries
  • [script needed] (sashendy kula) noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • шота noun (spirit appearing after death)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • сүнс noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ᠰᠦᠨᠡᠰᠦ noun (spirit appearing after death)

Māori

2 entries
  • kēhua noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • taipō noun (spirit appearing after death)

Navajo

1 entries
  • chʼį́įdii noun (spirit appearing after death)

Neapolitan

2 entries
  • spettro noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • spireto noun (spirit appearing after death)

Ngarrindjeri

1 entries
  • krinkari noun (spirit appearing after death)

Nogai

1 entries
  • теки noun (spirit appearing after death)

Norman

4 entries
  • fantôme noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • r'vénant noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • vîsion noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • êpitafl'ye noun (spirit appearing after death)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • Spook noun (spirit appearing after death)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • gespenst noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • gjenferd noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • gjenganger noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • spøkelse noun (spirit appearing after death)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • attergangar noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • gjenferd noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • skrømt noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • spøkelse noun (spirit appearing after death)

O'odham

1 entries
  • kok'oi noun (spirit appearing after death)

Occitan

4 entries
  • esglasi noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantauma noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • hantauma noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • trèva noun (spirit appearing after death)

Okinawan

1 entries
  • 幽霊 noun (spirit appearing after death)

Old English

1 entries
  • gāst noun (spirit appearing after death)

Old French

1 entries
  • fantosme noun (spirit appearing after death)

Old High German

2 entries
  • geist noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • gitrog noun (spirit appearing after death)

Oromo

1 entries
  • ekeraa noun (spirit appearing after death)

Osage

2 entries
  • ilǫ́ɣe noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • waną́ąɣe noun (spirit appearing after death)

Pannonian Rusyn

3 entries
  • дух noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • привидзенє noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • уява noun (spirit appearing after death)

Pashto

2 entries
  • روح noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • شبح noun (spirit appearing after death)

Pela

1 entries
  • jui⁵⁵ noun (spirit appearing after death)

Picard

3 entries
  • rvënant noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • rëv’nant noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • spèke noun (spirit appearing after death)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Jeist noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • Spuak noun (spirit appearing after death)

Polabian

1 entries
  • tvorzaikă noun (spirit appearing after death)

Polish

4 entries
  • duch noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantom noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • mara noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • upiór noun (spirit appearing after death)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • abantesma noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • abentesma noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • alma noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • aparição noun (spirit appearing after death)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਭੂਤ noun (spirit appearing after death)

Romani

4 entries
  • muli noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • mulo noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ćovaxani noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ćovaxano noun (spirit appearing after death)

Romanian

4 entries
  • apariție noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • duh noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantasmă noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantomă noun (spirit appearing after death)

Romansch

2 entries
  • spiert noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • spért noun (spirit appearing after death)

Russian

4 entries
  • дух noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • при́зрак noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • привиде́ние noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • фанто́м noun (spirit appearing after death)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • पिशाच noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • प्रेत noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • भूत noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • वेताल noun (spirit appearing after death)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱵᱷᱩᱛ noun (spirit appearing after death)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • pantàsima noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • pantùma noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • umbra noun (spirit appearing after death)

Saterland Frisian

2 entries
  • gäist noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • spouk noun (spirit appearing after death)

Scots

4 entries
  • bogle noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • boodie noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ghaist noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • phanton noun (spirit appearing after death)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • sgàile noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • sgàile noun (faint shadowy semblance)
  • taibhse noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • tannasg noun (spirit appearing after death)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dȕh noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fàntōm noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • priviđénje noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • sȁblāst noun (spirit appearing after death)

Slovak

4 entries
  • duch noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantóm noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • mátoha noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • prízrak noun (spirit appearing after death)

Slovene

2 entries
  • duh noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantom noun (spirit appearing after death)

Sotho

2 entries
  • sepoko noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • sethotsela noun (spirit appearing after death)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aparecido noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • aparición noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • el alma noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • espectro noun (spirit appearing after death)

Sumerian

3 entries
  • 𒄇 noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • 𒆤 noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • 𒋝𒋝 noun (spirit appearing after death)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • jurig noun (spirit appearing after death)

Swahili

4 entries
  • jini noun (faint shadowy semblance)
  • kivuli noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • mizuka noun (faint shadowy semblance)
  • mizuka noun (false image in an optical device)

Swedish

4 entries
  • ande noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • draug noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • dubbelgångare noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • fantom noun (spirit appearing after death)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • aparisyon noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • aswang noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • multo noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • pantasma noun (spirit appearing after death)

Tajik

4 entries
  • рӯҳ noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • сиёҳӣ noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • хаёлат noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • шабаҳ noun (spirit appearing after death)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பேய் noun (spirit appearing after death)

Tatar

1 entries
  • өрәк noun (spirit appearing after death)

Telugu

4 entries
  • దయ్యం noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • దయ్యం noun (faint shadowy semblance)
  • పిశాచి noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • పిశాచి noun (faint shadowy semblance)

Thai

4 entries
  • ปิศาจ noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ผี noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • พราย noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ภูต noun (spirit appearing after death)

Tlingit

1 entries
  • sʼig̱eeḵáawu noun (spirit appearing after death)

Tok Pisin

3 entries
  • daiman noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • tambaran noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • tewel noun (spirit appearing after death)

Turkish

2 entries
  • hayalet noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ruh noun (spirit appearing after death)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • arwah noun (spirit appearing after death)

Tuvan

4 entries
  • дөргү noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ора-сома noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • сүнезин noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • хей чүве noun (spirit appearing after death)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • артефа́кт noun (false image in an optical device)
  • дух noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ма́рево noun (faint shadowy semblance)
  • мара́ noun (spirit appearing after death)

Urdu

3 entries
  • بُھوت noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • رُوح noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • شَبَح noun (spirit appearing after death)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • arvoh noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ruh noun (spirit appearing after death)

Venda

1 entries
  • tshirunzi noun (spirit appearing after death)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • bóng ma noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ma noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ma noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ma quỉ noun (spirit appearing after death)

Walloon

1 entries
  • spér noun (spirit appearing after death)

Welsh

2 entries
  • bwgan noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • ysbryd noun (spirit appearing after death)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • spûk noun (spirit appearing after death)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • murup noun (spirit appearing after death)

Wolof

1 entries
  • dog noun (spirit appearing after death)

Yao

1 entries
  • lisimwi noun (spirit appearing after death)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • גײַסט noun (spirit appearing after death)
  • רוח noun (spirit appearing after death)

Zulu

1 entries
  • poki noun (spirit appearing after death)

Sample sentences

81 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Strange to say, he saw the ghost of his father.

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Sure enough, the ghost appeared on the balcony.

Source: tatoeba (28402)

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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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.