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Textual thesaurus for "ghost"

(noun) wraith, shade, specter, spectre, spook

a mental representation of some haunting experience

he looked like he had seen a ghost; it aroused specters from his past


(noun) touch, trace

a suggestion of some quality

there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone; he detected a ghost of a smile on her face


(noun) ghostwriter

a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else


(verb) ghostwrite

write for someone else

How many books have you ghostwritten so far?


(verb) obsess, haunt

haunt like a ghost; pursue

Fear of illness haunts her