ghost

noun/ɡoʊst/

Frequency rank: #2,358 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

The spirit of a dead person believed to appear to the living.

Illustration for the English word “ghost”

Example sentence

The old house was said to be haunted by a mysterious ghost at night.

Synonyms & related words

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