ghost

/ɡˈoʊst/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a mental representation of some haunting experience
   “he looked like he had seen a ghost”
2. a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
3. the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
4. a suggestion of some quality
   “there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone”

verb

1. move like a ghost
   “The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard”
2. haunt like a ghost; pursue
   “Fear of illness haunts her”
3. write for someone else
   “How many books have you ghostwritten so far?”

Synonyms for ghost

• shade
• spook
• wraith
• specter
• spectre
• ghostwriter
• touch
• trace
• haunt
• obsess
• ghostwrite

Words that rhyme with ghost

• post
• host
• toast
• coast
• foremost
• most
• roast
• riposte
• utmost
• boast
• outpost
• uppermost
• engrossed
• guidepost
• innermost
• signpost
• almost
• goalpost
• lamppost
• northernmost
• outermost
• seacoast
• southernmost
• sternpost
• westernmost
• amerihost
• anteriormost
• bundespost
• cohost
• coste