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ghosts

Ghosts
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gohsts]
    • /goʊsts/
    • /ɡəʊst/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gohsts]
    • /goʊsts/

Definitions of ghosts word

  • noun ghosts the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons. 1
  • noun ghosts a mere shadow or semblance; a trace: He's a ghost of his former self. 1
  • noun ghosts a remote possibility: He hasn't a ghost of a chance. 1
  • noun ghosts (sometimes initial capital letter) a spiritual being. 1
  • noun ghosts the principle of life; soul; spirit. 1
  • noun ghosts Informal. ghost writer. 1
See all 29 definitions of ghosts

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Origin of ghosts

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English goost (noun), Old English gāst; cognate with German Geist spirit

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Ghosts

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Ghosts

ghosts popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

ghosts usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for ghosts

verb ghosts

  • comps — Plural form of comp.
  • clefs — Plural form of clef.

noun ghosts

  • apparitions — Plural form of apparition.
  • flickers — Plural form of flicker.
  • traces — either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal.
  • flashes — Plural form of flash.
  • suggestions — the act of suggesting.
All 17 Synonyms of ghosts

Antonyms for ghosts

noun ghosts

  • angels — a male or female given name.
  • entities — Plural form of entity.
All 2 Antonyms of ghosts

Top questions with ghosts

  • mostly ghostly who let the ghosts out?
  • what does the bible say about ghosts?
  • what are ghosts?
  • how to see ghosts?
  • how to get rid of ghosts?

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    Something that is chilly is unpleasantly cold.

  • ghosting

    the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.

  • heebie-jeebies

    a condition of extreme nervousness caused by fear, worry, strain, etc.; the jitters; the willies (usually preceded by the): Just thinking about ghosts gives me the heebie-jeebies.

  • insist

    to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.

  • larva

    Entomology. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.

  • lemur

    any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
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