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| Main Entry: |
poltergeist
 [pohl-ter-gahyst] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ghost |
| Synonyms: | apparition, appearance, banshee, demon, doppelganger, haunter, kelpie, phantasm, phantom, revenant, specter, spirit, spook, vision, visitor |
| Main Entry: | specter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ghost |
| Synonyms: | apparition, appearance, demon, doppelganger, phantasm, phantom, poltergeist, presence, shadow, spirit, spook, vision |
| Main Entry: | spirit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ghost |
| Synonyms: | apparition, eidolon, phantasm, phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, soul, specter, spook, sprite, supernatural being, umbra, vision, wraith |
| Antonyms: | being, reality |
Example Sentences
- The drawers of a wobbly dresser periodically opened by themselves, as if the room had a poltergeist.
- But she's dark and driven: there's something of the poltergeist about her.
| Main Entry: | phantasma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ghost |
| Synonyms: | apparition, appearance, banshee, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, daemon, demon, devil, eidolon, ethereal being, haunt, incorporeal being, kelpie, manes, phantasm, phantom, poltergeist, revenant, shade, shadow, soul, specter, spirit, spook, vampire, vision, visitant, visitor, wraith, zombie* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | visitant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ghost |
| Synonyms: | apparition, appearance, banshee, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, daemon, demon, devil, eidolon, ethereal being, haunt, incorporeal being, kelpie, manes, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, poltergeist, revenant, shade, shadow, soul, specter, spirit, spook, vampire, vision, visitor, wraith, zombie* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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