Reverse Dictionary: GHOST

ADJECTIVES
1508 ► ELDRITCH weird, ghostly, unnatural; frightful, hideous, ghastly, fearful, terrible → Sc.
1616 ► SPRIGHTLY ghostly, spectral → obs.
1656 ► LARVAL belonging to a night spirit, ghost, hobgoblin; ghastly, dreadful → obs.
1785 ► ELDRICK unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful → Eng. dial.
1785 ► ELDRISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful → Eng. dial.
1785 ► YELLERISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful → Eng. dial.
1785 ► YELLISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful → Eng. dial.
1838 ► EILDRON unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny → Sc.
1856 ► EERIESOME ghostly, weird, awe-inspiring → Sc.
1876 ► GASTLY-THOUGHTED frightened of ghosts, thinking of ghosts → Sc.
1911 ► BOGLE-RAD afraid of ghosts → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 ► POKY spooky; suggestive of ghosts or the like → Amer. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
1538 ► HAG applied to ghosts, hobgoblins, and other terrors of the night → obs.
1599 ► UMBRA the shade of a deceased person; a phantom or ghost
1651 ► LARVA a disembodied spirit; a ghost, a hobgoblin, a spectre → obs.
1705 ► WAFF an apparition, a wraith, a ghost; the vision of a dead or absent person → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1720 ► THREEN → THRENE a story or tradition of a ghostly and generally superstitious nature → Sc.
1764 ► JUMBIE the ghost or spirit of a dead person, esp. a malevolent one → chiefly Caribbean usage
1774 ► GANFER a ghost, apparition; any supernatural phenomenon → Sc.
1781 ► DOBBIE a household sprite or apparition supposed to haunt certain premises or localities, with powers of either good or evil; a ghost, a spectre → Eng. dial.
1787 ► BUGABOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → Amer. dial.
1788 ► BARGHEST a ghost, wraith, or hobgoblin → Eng. dial.
1790 ► CADDY a ghost; a bugbear → Eng. dial. obs.
1790 ► WAITH the spectral appearance of a person just before or after death; a ghost → Eng. dial.
1800 ► DAVY a power or spirit controlling rain and storms → US nautical & military sl.
1800 ► NERTEROLOGY learning relating to the dead; ghost-lore
1800 ► SPOOK orig. used by Black slaves as a reference to ghosts, and later as a reference to White people as ‘ghost-like’ → African-American sl.
1828 ► REVENANT one who returns from the dead; a ghost
1838 ► ANAM a spectre, a ghost → Sc., obs.
1853 ► FEARIN(G) an evil spirit; a goblin, a ghost → Eng. dial.
1853 ► HOB-GOBLIN a ghost → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1866 ► BOOGER a ghost, hobgoblin; often used to threaten children → Amer. dial.
1869 ► HAUNT a ghost or spirit → Amer. dial.
1888 ► BOO-DADDY a ghost, hobgoblin; often used to threaten children → Amer. dial.
1895 ► GALLY-TROT an apparition, a ghostly object → Eng. dial.
1897 ► PASTY-FOOT a ghost, demon; a tramp → Eng. dial.
1898 ► BO-LO a name used to frighten children; a kidnapper; a fairy, a hobgoblin; the devil, a ghost → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BO-MAN a name used to frighten children; a kidnapper; a fairy, a hobgoblin; the devil, a ghost → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 ► BUGABO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → Amer. dial.
1900 ► SKOOKUM a ghost, a demon, a spirit → Amer. dial.
1902 ► THINGS ghostly appearances → Eng. dial.
1903 ► BOOGERMAN a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → Amer. dial.
1904 ► SCRAG a ghost → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THUMB-CAP a haunting thing; an apparition, a ghost → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 ► TOMMYKNOCKER a ghost or spirit said to live in mines; the noise made by such a spirit → Amer. dial.
1911 ► BOODIE a ghost, a hobgoblin → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 ► HANTS ghosts → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1918 ► DAVID a power or spirit controlling rain and storms → US nautical & military sl.
1930 ► REDE the ghost or ‘double’ of a living person → Amer. dial.
1939 ► BUGGERBEAR a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → Amer. dial.
1939 ► BUGGABEAR a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → Amer. dial.
1954 ► DICKETY-BOO a ghost; a bugbear → Amer. dial.
1954 ► KAHUNA a ghost → Hawaii
1965 ► BOOG MAN a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BUGGER-MAN a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → Amer. dial.
1965 ► OLD BOOGERMAN a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BOOGERBEAR a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BOOGIEBEAR a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BUGGER a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → Amer. dial.
1966 ► BOOGERBOO. a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → Amer. dial.
1966 ► BOOGIEBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → Amer. dial.
1966 ► BOOKITY SAM a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → Amer. dial.
1966 ► BUGGYBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → Amer. dial.
1968 ► BOOGIE a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → Amer. dial.
1991 ► DEMONOLATRY the worship, through propitiation, of ghosts, demons, and spirits (Bk.)
1991 ► PHASMOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of ghosts (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1882 ► GHOSTITE one who believes in ghosts
2007 ► GHOSTBUSTER someone who claims to ride a place of ghosts (Bk.)

VERBS
1898 ► APPEAR of ghosts: to ‘walk’, to haunt places → N. Ireland (Bk.)
1898 ► THREEN → THRENE to tell ghost stories or superstitious tales → Sc.