GHOST as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a mental representation of some haunting experience
   Synonym(s)
   • shade (what does shade mean?)
   • specter (what does specter mean?)
   • spectre (what does spectre mean?)
   • spook (what does spook mean?)
   • wraith (what does wraith mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he looked like he had seen a ghost
   • it aroused specters from his past
   Hypernyms(s) ghost is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • apparition (what does apparition mean?)
   • phantom (what does phantom mean?)
   • phantasm (what does phantasm mean?)
   • phantasma (what does phantasma mean?)
   • shadow (what does shadow mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • spook (what does spook mean?)
   • haunt (what does haunt mean?)
   • obsess (what does obsess mean?)
   • ghost (what does ghost mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a suggestion of some quality
   Synonym(s)
   • touch (what does touch mean?)
   • trace (what does trace mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone
   • he detected a ghost of a smile on her face
   Hypernyms(s) ghost is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • suggestion (what does suggestion mean?)
   • proposition (what does proposition mean?)
   • proffer (what does proffer mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
   Hypernyms(s) ghost is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • soul (what does soul mean?)
   • psyche (what does psyche mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • poltergeist (what does poltergeist mean?)
   • revenant (what does revenant mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ghost (what does ghost mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
   Synonym(s)
   • ghostwriter (what does ghostwriter mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) ghost is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • writer (what does writer mean?)
   • author (what does author mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ghost (what does ghost mean?)
   • ghostwrite (what does ghostwrite mean?)
   • ghost (what does ghost mean?)
   • ghostwrite (what does ghostwrite mean?)

GHOST as VERB

1. Meaning
   • write for someone else
   Synonym(s)
   • ghostwrite (what does ghostwrite mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • How many books have you ghostwritten so far?
   Hypernyms(s) ghost is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • author (what does author mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ghostwriter (what does ghostwriter mean?)
   • ghost (what does ghost mean?)
   • ghostwriter (what does ghostwriter mean?)
   • ghost (what does ghost mean?)
2. Meaning
   • haunt like a ghost
   • pursue
   Synonym(s)
   • haunt (what does haunt mean?)
   • obsess (what does obsess mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Fear of illness haunts her
   Hypernyms(s) ghost is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • preoccupy (what does preoccupy mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ghost (what does ghost mean?)
   • shade (what does shade mean?)
   • spook (what does spook mean?)
   • wraith (what does wraith mean?)
   • specter (what does specter mean?)
   • spectre (what does spectre mean?)
   • obsession (what does obsession mean?)
   • fixation (what does fixation mean?)
3. Meaning
   • move like a ghost
   Usage Example(s)
   • The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard
   Hypernyms(s) ghost is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • travel (what does travel mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • locomote (what does locomote mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ghost (what does ghost mean?)