ghost

Noun
  1. A mental representation of some haunting experience (synset 105906778)
    "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
    is a type of: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow - something existing in perception only
    same as: shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraith
  2. A writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else (synset 110148285)
    is a type of: author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
    same as: ghostwriter
  3. The visible disembodied soul of a dead person (synset 109569105)
    is a type of: psyche, soul - the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
    subtypes:
    • poltergeist - a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder
    • revenant - someone who has returned from the dead
  4. A suggestion of some quality (synset 107178814)
    "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
    is a type of: proffer, proposition, suggestion - a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
    same as: touch, trace
Verb
  1. Move like a ghost (synset 201843749)
    "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  2. Haunt like a ghost;
    Pursue (synset 201787033)
    "Fear of illness haunts her"
    is a type of: preoccupy - engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
    same as: haunt, obsess
  3. Write for someone else (synset 201708611)
    "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?"
    referred to in: authorship, composition, penning, writing - the act of creating written works
    is a type of: author - be the author of
    same as: ghostwrite

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