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" ;

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?" ;