| NOUN | cognition | ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre | a mental representation of some haunting experience |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | ghost, ghostwriter | a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else | |
| person | ghost | the visible disembodied soul of a dead person | |
| communication | ghost, touch, trace | a suggestion of some quality | |
| VERB | motion | ghost | move like a ghost |
| emotion | ghost, haunt, obsess | haunt like a ghost / ghost | |
| creation | ghost, ghostwrite | write for someone else |
| Sounds | gow'st | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | almost ... westernmost: 30 rhymes with owst... | |
| Meaning | A mental representation of some haunting experience. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he looked like he had seen a ghost" | |
| Synonyms | shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre | |
| Broader | apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow | Something existing in perception only |
| Spanish | aparición, espectro, fantasma, sombra, wraith | |
| Catalan | espectre, fantasma | |
| Verbs | ghost | haunt like a ghost / ghost |
| Meaning | A writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | ghostwriter | |
| Broader | writer, author | Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) |
| Spanish | escritor fantasma, negro | |
| Catalan | escriptor fantasma | |
| Verbs | ghost | write for someone else |
| Meaning | The visible disembodied soul of a dead person. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | poltergeist | A ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder |
| revenant | someone who has returned from the dead | |
| Broader | soul, psyche | The immaterial part of a person |
| Spanish | alma, espectro, fantasma, sombra | |
| Catalan | fantasma | |
| Adjectives | ghostly | resembling or characteristic of a phantom |
| Verbs | ghost | move like a ghost |
| Meaning | A suggestion of some quality. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face" | |
| Synonyms | touch, trace | |
| Broader | suggestion, proposition, proffer | A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection |
| Spanish | punto, sombra, toque | |
| Catalan | punt | |
| Meaning | Move like a ghost. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard" | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Nouns | ghost | the visible disembodied soul of a dead person |
| Meaning | haunt like a ghost / ghost; pursue. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The good news will ghost her | |
| Synonyms | haunt, obsess | |
| Broader | preoccupy | Engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively |
| Spanish | espantar, fantasma, merodear, obsesionarse, obsesionar, rondar | |
| Catalan | esglaiar, espantar, obsessionar-se, obsessionar | |
| Nouns | ghost | a mental representation of some haunting experience |
| Meaning | Write for someone else. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Did he ghost his major works over a short period of time? | |
| Example | "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?" | |
| Synonym | ghostwrite | |
| Category | writing, authorship, composition, penning | The act of creating written works |
| Broader | author | Be the author of |
| Nouns | ghost | a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else |
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