Ghost

/ɡəʊst/ noun verb

The spirit; the soul of man.

What it means

  1. (noun) The spirit; the soul of man.
  2. (noun) The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death “Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.”
  3. (noun) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image “not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea”
  4. (noun) A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
  5. (noun) An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
  6. (noun) A ghostwriter.
  7. (noun) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
  8. (noun) An image of a file or hard disk.
  9. (noun) An understudy.
  10. (noun) A covert (and deniable) agent.
  11. (noun) The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
  12. (noun) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.

Letter analysis

  • Ghost contains 5 letters: 1 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
  • It uses 5 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 1.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 9.

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Common questions

What does Ghost mean?

The spirit; the soul of man.

How many letters are in Ghost?

Ghost has 5 letters.

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