English dictionary
ghost
nounPronunciation
ɡəʊst
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
noun
- a suggestion of some quality
noun
- the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
noun
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
verb
- write for someone else
verb
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
verb
- move like a ghost
Example sentences
he looked like he had seen a ghost
it aroused specters from his past
there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone
he detected a ghost of a smile on her face
How many books have you ghostwritten so far?
Fear of illness haunts her
The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard