What it means
- (noun) The spirit; the soul of man.
- (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.”
- (noun) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image “not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea”
- (noun) A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
- (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.
- (noun) A ghostwriter.
- (noun) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- (noun) An image of a file or hard disk.
- (noun) An understudy.
- (noun) A covert (and deniable) agent.
- (noun) The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- (noun) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
Words that mean the same
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.
Related words
Other 5-letter words
- abaci
- aback
- abaft
- abase
- abash
- abate
- abbey
- abbot
- abeam
- abets
- abhor
- abide
- abler
- abode
- abort
- about
- above
- abuse
Words starting with GHO
- ghosted
- ghosting
- ghostlier
- ghostliest
- ghostliness
- ghostly
- ghosts
- ghostwrite
- ghostwriter
- ghostwriters
- ghostwrites
- ghostwriting
- ghostwritten
- ghostwrote
- ghoul
- ghoulish
- ghouls
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Words ending with OST
Sub-words
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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