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ghost

Letters that make ghost

s, o, g, h, t are letters that make 'ghost'

Words within ghost

os, OS, Host, host, Ho, Os are words within 'ghost'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of ghost

ghosts, ghosty are words created by adding a letter to 'ghost'

ghost is a 5 letter word starting with g
ghost is a 5 letter word ending with t

7 possible definitions for 'ghost'

Ghost as "a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else"

Under this definition, ghost is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

ghostwriter has the same meaning as ghost

ghost as a type

'ghost' can be a type of writer, author.

Derivatives of ghost

ghostwrite, ghost are derivatives of 'ghost'.

Ghost as "haunt like a ghost, pursue"

Under this definition, ghost is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

obsess, haunt have the same meaning as 'ghost'

ghost as a type

'ghost' can be a type of preoccupy.

Derivatives of ghost

obsession, fixation, shade, ghost, spook, wraith, specter, spectre are derivatives of 'ghost'.

Ghost as "move like a ghost"

Under this definition, ghost is a verb and has the following properties:

ghost as a type

'ghost' can be a type of locomote, go, move, travel.

Derivatives of ghost

ghost is a derivative of ghost.

Example of ghost used within this context

"The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard"

Ghost as "write for someone else"

Under this definition, ghost is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

ghostwrite has the same meaning as ghost

ghost as a type

'ghost' can be a type of author.

ghost as a category

'ghost' can be a category of writing, authorship, composition, penning.

Derivatives of ghost

ghostwriter, ghost are derivatives of 'ghost'.

Example of ghost used within this context

"How many books have you ghostwritten so far?"

Ghost as "the visible disembodied soul of a dead person"

Under this definition, ghost is a noun and has the following properties:

ghost as a type

'ghost' can be a type of soul, psyche.

Types of ghost

poltergeist, revenant are types of 'ghost'.

Derivatives of ghost

ghost, apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual are derivatives of 'ghost'.

Ghost as "a suggestion of some quality"

Under this definition, ghost is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

trace, touch have the same meaning as 'ghost'

ghost as a type

'ghost' can be a type of proffer, proposition, suggestion.

Example of ghost used within this context

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

Ghost as "a mental representation of some haunting experience"

Under this definition, ghost is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre have the same meaning as 'ghost'

ghost as a type

'ghost' can be a type of phantom, apparition, shadow, fantasm, phantasma, phantasm.

Derivatives of ghost

obsess, ghost, haunt, spook are derivatives of 'ghost'.

Example of ghost used within this context

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