ghost

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. apparition, phantom, spirit, shade, specter. See demon, intellect.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [An unsubstantial being]

Syn. vision, specter, wraith, apparition, spirit, daemon, demon, shade, phantom, appearance, incorporeal being, ethereal being, etheric being, spook, supernatural visitant, phantasm, kelpie, zombie; see also devil 1 .

2. [A disembodied human soul]

Syn. spirit, manes, revenant, shade, soul.

• give up the ghost,

Syn. succumb, perish, expire; see die 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

spirit, specter, apparition, phantom, *spook, phantasm, poltergeist, wraith, doppelganger, shade, shadow. ''The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.''—Ambrose Bierce.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A supernatural being, such as a ghost: apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, revenant, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith. Informal: spook. Regional: haunt. See BEINGS, SUPERNATURAL. 2. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. Informal: whisker. See BIG, SHOW. II verb Informal. To write for and credit authorship to another: ghostwrite. See WORDS.