Definition of ghost

"ghost" in the noun sense

1. ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre

a mental representation of some haunting experience

"he looked like he had seen a ghost"

"it aroused specters from his past"

2. ghostwriter, ghost

a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else

3. ghost

the visible disembodied soul of a dead person

4. touch, trace, ghost

a suggestion of some quality

"there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"

"he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"

"ghost" in the verb sense

1. ghost

move like a ghost

"The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard"

2. haunt, obsess, ghost

haunt like a ghost pursue

"Fear of illness haunts her"

3. ghost, ghostwrite

write for someone else

"How many books have you ghostwritten so far?"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for ghost

Not as a vulture, but a dove,
The Holy Ghost came from above. [ Longfellow, after Fuller ]

A temple of the Holy Ghost, and yet
Of lodging fiends. [ Pollok ]

No ghost was ever seen by two pair of eyes. [ Carlyle ]

Bigotry murders religion to frighten folks with her ghost. [ Colton ]

If you raise one ghost, you will have the churchyard in motion. [ Proverb ]

It is the fate of a woman
Long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless,
Till some questioning voice dissolves the spell of its silence. [ Longfellow ]

A real friend is somewhat like a ghost or apparition; much talked of, but rarely seen. [ C. Buck ]

Thrice I attempted to throw my arms round her neck there, and her ghost, thrice clutched in vain, eluded my grasp. [ Virgil ]

An idea, like a ghost (according to the common notion of ghosts), must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself. [ Charles Dickens ]

There is a sweet anguish springing up in our bosoms when a child's face brightens under the shadow of the waiting angel. There is an autumnal fitness when age gives up the ghost; and when the saint dies there is a tearful victory. [ Chapin ]

ghost in Scrabble®

The word ghost is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters ghost:

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GOTHS
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word ghost

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ghost in Words With Friends™

The word ghost is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters ghost:

GOTHS
(45)
GOTHS
(45)
GHOST
(45)
GHOST
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In ghost

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Words within the letters of ghost

2 letter words in ghost (5 words)

3 letter words in ghost (6 words)

4 letter words in ghost (6 words)

5 letter words in ghost (Anagrams) (2 words)

ghost + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving ghost

Shorter words in ghost

os host

Longer words containing ghost

ghostberries

ghostberry

ghostbuster ghostbusters

ghosted

ghostfish ghostfishes

ghosthunter ghosthunters

ghosthunting

ghosting

ghostlier

ghostliest

ghostlight ghostlights

ghostlike

ghostliness

ghostly nonghostly

ghosts

ghostwrite ghostwriter ghostwriters

ghostwrite ghostwrites

ghostwriting

ghostwritten

ghostwrote