Synonyms of the word

ghost

• n. (dated) The spirit; the soul of man.
• n. The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition;…
• n. Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering.
• n. A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of…
• n. An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused…
• n. A ghostwriter.
• n. (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying…
• n. (computing) An image of a file or hard disk.
• n. (theater) An understudy.
• n. (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
• n. The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
• n. (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players…
• n. A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting.
• n. (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
• n. (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
• n. (attributive) Abandoned.
• n. (attributive) The remains of.
• n. (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
• n. (attributive) Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
• n. (attributive) Substitute.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.
• v. (obsolete) To die; to expire.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To ghostwrite.
• v. (nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.
• v. (computing) To copy a file or hard drive image.
• v. (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.
• v. (Internet, transitive) To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.
• v. To appear without warning; To move quickly and quietly; to slip.
• v. to kill.
• v. to break up with someone without warning or explanation (see ghosting).

apparition

• n. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
• n. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
• n. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
• n. (astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;—opposed…
• n. (astronomy) A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed. An…

author

• n. The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
• n. Someone who writes books for a living.
• n. The works of an author or authors.
• v. (chiefly US) To create a work as its author.

fantasm

• n. Alternative spelling of phantasm.

ghostwrite

• v. (intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
• v. (transitive) To author a literary work or speech in the place of another.

ghostwriter

• n. A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person.

go

• v. To move.
• v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
• v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
• v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
• v. (intransitive) To attend.
• v. To proceed.
• v. To follow or travel along (a path).
• v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
• v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
• v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
• v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
• v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
• v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
• v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
• v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
• v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
• v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
• v. To pass, to be used up.
• v. (intransitive) To die.
• v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
• v. To break down or apart.
• v. (intransitive) To be sold.
• v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
• v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
• v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
• v. To say (something), to make a sound.
• v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
• v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
• v. To apply or subject oneself to.
• v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
• v. (intransitive) To date.
• v. To attack.
• v. To be in general; to be usually.
• v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
• v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
• n. (uncommon) The act of going.
• n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
• n. An attempt, a try.
• n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
• n. An act; the working or operation.
• n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
• n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
• n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
• n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
• n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
• n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
• n. A period of activity.
• n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
• n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

haunt

• v. (transitive) To inhabit, or visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
• v. (transitive) To make uneasy, restless.
• v. (transitive) To stalk, to follow.
• v. (intransitive, now rare) To live habitually; to stay, to remain.
• v. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
• v. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To practise; to devote oneself to.
• v. (intransitive) To persist in staying or visiting.
• n. A place at which one is regularly found; a hangout.
• n. (dialect) A ghost.
• n. A feeding place for animals.

locomote

• v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

obsess

• v. (passive, constructed with "with") To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.
• v. (transitive) To dominate the thoughts of someone.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, construed with over) To think or talk obsessively about.

phantasm

• n. something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.

phantasma

• n. Alternative form of phantasm.

phantom

• n. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition; something…
• n. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.
• adj. Illusive.
• adj. Fictitious or nonexistent.

preoccupy

• v. To distract; to occupy or draw attention elsewhere.

proffer

• n. An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender.
• n. (law) Something that is offered into evidence; an offer to which one is willing to testify under oath.
• n. Essay; attempt.
• v. To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of.
• v. To essay or attempt of one’s own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake.

proposition

• n. (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
• n. (countable) An idea or a plan offered.
• n. (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
• n. (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on…
• n. (grammar) a complete sentence.
• n. (countable, logic) The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered…
• n. (countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
• n. (countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a…
• n. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.
• n. (poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
• v. (transitive, informal) To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone who one is not sexually…
• v. (transitive, informal) To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

psyche

• n. The human soul, mind, or spirit.
• n. (chiefly psychology) The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual.
• abbr. psychology.
• interj. Used abruptly after a sentence to indicate that the speaker is only joking.
• v. (transitive) To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind.
• v. (transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology.
• v. (transitive, informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

shade

• n. (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
• n. (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
• n. (countable) A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
• n. (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
• n. (figuratively) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
• n. A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning.
• n. (archaic or literary) A ghost.
• n. (archaic) A creature that is partially human and partially angel.
• n. (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and…
• n. (uncountable, originally gay slang) Subtle insults.
• v. (transitive) To shield from light.
• v. (transitive) To alter slightly.
• v. (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
• v. (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
• v. (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
• v. To surpass by a narrow margin.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.

shadow

• n. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
• n. Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.
• n. (obsolete) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
• n. That which looms as though a shadow.
• n. A small degree; a shade.
• n. An imperfect and faint representation.
• n. (Britain, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
• n. One who secretly or furtively follows another.
• n. A type of lettering form of word processors that makes a cubic effect.
• n. An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
• n. A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
• n. (obsolete, Latinism) An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.
• n. (psychology) In Jungian psychology, an unconscious aspect of the personality.
• v. To block light or radio transmission.
• v. (espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
• v. To accompany a professional during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to…
• v. (programming) To make an identifier, usually a variable, inaccessible by declaring another of the same…
• v. (computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
• adj. Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
• adj. Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
• adj. (politics) Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.

soul

• n. (religion, folklore) The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and…
• n. The spirit or essence of anything.
• n. Life, energy, vigor.
• n. (music) Soul music.
• n. A person, especially as one among many.
• n. An individual life.
• n. (mathematics) A kind of submanifold involved in the soul theorem of Riemannian geometry.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To endow with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.
• v. (obsolete) To afford suitable sustenance.

specter

• n. A ghostly apparition, a phantom.
• n. (figuratively) A threatening mental image.

spectre

• n. British spelling standard spelling of specter.

spook

• n. A spirit returning to haunt a place.
• n. A ghost or an apparition.
• n. A hobgoblin.
• n. (espionage) A spy.
• n. A scare or fright.
• n. (dated, pejorative) A black person.
• n. (philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
• v. To scare or frighten.
• v. To startle or frighten an animal.

suggestion

• n. (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for).
• n. (uncountable) The act of suggesting.
• n. (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
• n. (law, countable) information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.

touch

• v. Primarily physical senses.
• v. Primarily non-physical senses.
• v. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
• v. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
• v. (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
• v. To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
• v. To perform, as a tune; to play.
• v. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
• n. An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
• n. The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
• n. The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
• n. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
• n. A little bit; a small amount.
• n. The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
• n. A relationship of close communication or understanding.
• n. The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
• n. (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
• n. (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
• n. (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
• n. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
• n. (obsolete) A brief essay.
• n. (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
• n. (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
• n. (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument…
• n. (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion…
• n. The children's game of tag.
• n. (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
• n. (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
• n. (Britain, plumbing, dated) tallow.

trace

• n. An act of tracing.
• n. An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
• n. A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
• n. A very small amount.
• n. (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
• n. An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
• n. One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree…
• n. (engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting…
• n. (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
• n. The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
• n. (mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
• n. (grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been…
• v. (transitive) To follow the trail of.
• v. To follow the history of.
• v. (transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
• v. (transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To copy; to imitate.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To walk; to go; to travel.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
• v. (computing, transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction,…

travel

• v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
• v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
• v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
• v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
• v. (transitive) To force to journey.
• v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
• n. The act of traveling.
• n. pl A series of journeys.
• n. pl An account of one's travels.
• n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
• n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
• n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.

wraith

• n. A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.

writer

• n. A person who writes, or produces literary work.
• n. (historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the East India Company, who, after serving a…
• n. Anything that writes or produces output.