What is "ghost" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does ghost mean in English? Meaning of ghost definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "ghost" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "ghost": a mental representation of some haunting experience

Noun

  • Meaning: a mental representation of some haunting experience
  • Example: he looked like he had seen a ghost it aroused specters from his past
  • Synonyms: ghost shade specter spectre spook wraith
  • Hypernyms: apparition fantasm phantasm phantasma phantom shadow
  • Pronunciation in US: /ɡoʊst/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ɡəʊst/

    Meaning of "ghost": move like a ghost

    Verb

  • Meaning: move like a ghost
  • Example: The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard
  • Synonyms: ghost
  • Hypernyms: go locomote move travel
  • Pronunciation in US: /ɡoʊst/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ɡəʊst/

    Meaning of "ghost": a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else

    Noun

  • Meaning: a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
  • Synonyms: ghost ghostwriter
  • Hypernyms: author writer
  • Pronunciation in US: /ɡoʊst/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ɡəʊst/

    Meaning of "ghost": haunt like a ghost; pursue

    Verb

  • Meaning: haunt like a ghost; pursue
  • Example: Fear of illness haunts her
  • Synonyms: ghost haunt obsess
  • Hypernyms: preoccupy
  • Pronunciation in US: /ɡoʊst/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ɡəʊst/

    Meaning of "ghost": the visible disembodied soul of a dead person

    Noun

  • Meaning: the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
  • Synonyms: ghost
  • Hyponyms: poltergeist revenant
  • Hypernyms: psyche soul
  • Pronunciation in US: /ɡoʊst/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ɡəʊst/

    Meaning of "ghost": write for someone else

    Verb

  • Meaning: write for someone else
  • Example: How many books have you ghostwritten so far?
  • Synonyms: ghost ghostwrite
  • Hypernyms: author
  • Pronunciation in US: /ɡoʊst/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ɡəʊst/

    Meaning of "ghost": a suggestion of some quality

    Noun

  • Meaning: a suggestion of some quality
  • Example: there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone he detected a ghost of a smile on her face
  • Synonyms: ghost touch trace
  • Hypernyms: proffer proposition suggestion
  • Pronunciation in US: /ɡoʊst/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ɡəʊst/

    Synonyms:

    phantom, devil, demon, soul, shadow, specter, vision, apparition, revenant, appearance, haunt, visitor, shade, spook, poltergeist, phantasm, wraith, vampire, daemon, manes, kelpie, banshee, zombie, eidolon, ethereal being, incorporeal being,

    Antonyms:

    reality, god, angel, being, entity,

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