ghost
/ɡoʊst/noun, verb1 syllable
Ghost means: a mental representation of some haunting experience.
Synonyms for ghost11
noun, as in a mental representation of some haunting experience
noun, as in a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
verb, as in haunt like a ghost; pursue
verb, as in write for someone else
What does ghost mean?7
noun
a mental representation of some haunting experience“he looked like he had seen a ghost”
a suggestion of some quality“there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone”
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
verb
haunt like a ghost; pursue“Fear of illness haunts her”
write for someone else“How many books have you ghostwritten so far?”
move like a ghost“The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with ghost?9
Ghost in a sentence
- Strange to say, he saw the ghost of his father.al_ex_an_der
- Sure enough, the ghost appeared on the balcony.al_ex_an_der
- Ghost towns are not completely unpopulated, are they?mervert1
- Thomas jumped up, as if his friend were a ghost.User66640
- Your money is like a ghost, living in a centralized computer.nonong
- There is no such thing, sir, as a ghost.Hybrid
- Read this sentence three times, and while you are sleeping, a ghost will manifest.peterius
- The future, empty-handed ghost, who promises everything and has nothing!carlosalberto
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of ghost
as a noun
- plural
- ghosts
as a verb
- past tense
- ghosted
- present participle
- ghosting
- third-person singular
- ghosts
- past participle
- ghosted