A supernatural being, such as a ghost

• haunt

  1. A place often visited
  2. A place much frequented.
  3. (Chiefly Southern US) A ghost or other supernatural being.

  • Go to "haunt" definitions

  1. A place often visited
  2. A place much frequented.
  3. (Chiefly Southern US) A ghost or other supernatural being.

  • Go to "haunt" definitions
• spook

  1. (Slang) A secret agent; a spy.
  2. (Informal) A ghost; a specter.

  • Go to "spook" definitions

  1. (Slang) A secret agent; a spy.
  2. (Informal) A ghost; a specter.

  • Go to "spook" definitions
• wraith

  1. The spectral figure of a person supposedly seen as a premonition just before that person's death
  2. The ghost of a dead person.
  3. A ghost

  • Go to "wraith" definitions

  1. The spectral figure of a person supposedly seen as a premonition just before that person's death
  2. The ghost of a dead person.
  3. A ghost

  • Go to "wraith" definitions
• visitant

  1. A visitor, esp. one from a strange or foreign place
  2. (Ornithology) A migratory bird in any of its temporary resting places
  3. A supernatural visitor; ghost, phantom, etc.

  • Go to "visitant" definitions

  1. A visitor, esp. one from a strange or foreign place
  2. (Ornithology) A migratory bird in any of its temporary resting places
  3. A supernatural visitor; ghost, phantom, etc.

  • Go to "visitant" definitions
• spirit

  1. The Holy Spirit.
  2. An attitude marked by enthusiasm, energy, or courage:
  3. Strong loyalty or dedication:

  • Go to "spirit" definitions

  1. The Holy Spirit.
  2. An attitude marked by enthusiasm, energy, or courage:
  3. Strong loyalty or dedication:

  • Go to "spirit" definitions
• specter

  1. A ghostly apparition; a phantom.
  2. Any object of fear or dread
  3. A ghost; apparition

  • Go to "specter" definitions

  1. A ghostly apparition; a phantom.
  2. Any object of fear or dread
  3. A ghost; apparition

  • Go to "specter" definitions
• shadow

  1. A nearby or adjoining region; vicinity:
  2. Shelter; protection:
  3. A phantom; a ghost.

  • Go to "shadow" definitions

  1. A nearby or adjoining region; vicinity:
  2. Shelter; protection:
  3. A phantom; a ghost.

  • Go to "shadow" definitions
• shade

  1. (Archaic) A shadow
  2. (Chiefly Literary) A ghost; specter
  3. A disembodied spirit; a ghost.

  • Go to "shade" definitions

  1. (Archaic) A shadow
  2. (Chiefly Literary) A ghost; specter
  3. A disembodied spirit; a ghost.

  • Go to "shade" definitions
• revenant

  1. A person who returns, as after a long absence
  2. One who returns after death.
  3. Ghost

  • Go to "revenant" definitions

  1. A person who returns, as after a long absence
  2. One who returns after death.
  3. Ghost

  • Go to "revenant" definitions
• phantom

  1. Any mental image or representation
  2. A person or thing that is something in appearance but not in fact
  3. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition.

  • Go to "phantom" definitions

  1. Any mental image or representation
  2. A person or thing that is something in appearance but not in fact
  3. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition.

  • Go to "phantom" definitions
• phantasma

  1. Alternative form of phantasm.

  • Go to "phantasma" definitions

  1. Alternative form of phantasm.

  • Go to "phantasma" definitions
• ghost

  1. A slight or faint trace:
  2. (Folklore) A dead person's disembodied spirit, esp. when thought of as appearing to the living as a pale, shadowy apparition
  3. The spirit or soul

  • Go to "ghost" definitions

  1. A slight or faint trace:
  2. (Folklore) A dead person's disembodied spirit, esp. when thought of as appearing to the living as a pale, shadowy apparition
  3. The spirit or soul

  • Go to "ghost" definitions
• eidolon

  1. An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality.
  2. An image without real existence; phantom; apparition
  3. A phantom, a ghost or elusive entity.

  • Go to "eidolon" definitions

  1. An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality.
  2. An image without real existence; phantom; apparition
  3. A phantom, a ghost or elusive entity.

  • Go to "eidolon" definitions
• bogle

  1. A hobgoblin; a bogey.
  2. A goblin; a frightful spectre or phantom; a bogy or bugbear.
  3. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

  • Go to "bogle" definitions

  1. A hobgoblin; a bogey.
  2. A goblin; a frightful spectre or phantom; a bogy or bugbear.
  3. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

  • Go to "bogle" definitions
• bogeyman

  1. Boogeyman

  • Go to "bogeyman" definitions

  1. Boogeyman

  • Go to "bogeyman" definitions
• bogey

  1. (Sports) A golf score of one stroke over par.
  2. (--- Chiefly British) The number of strokes that a good player is likely to need to finish a golf hole or course.
  3. An evil or mischievous spirit; a hobgoblin.

  • Go to "bogey" definitions

  1. (Sports) A golf score of one stroke over par.
  2. (--- Chiefly British) The number of strokes that a good player is likely to need to finish a golf hole or course.
  3. An evil or mischievous spirit; a hobgoblin.

  • Go to "bogey" definitions
• apparition

  1. A ghostly figure; a specter.
  2. Anything that appears unexpectedly or in an extraordinary way
  3. A phantom or ghost

  • Go to "apparition" definitions

  1. A ghostly figure; a specter.
  2. Anything that appears unexpectedly or in an extraordinary way
  3. A phantom or ghost

  • Go to "apparition" definitions

An illusory mental image

• vision

  1. The mystical experience of seeing something that is not in fact present to the eye or is supernatural.
  2. Unusual competence in discernment or perception; intelligent foresight:
  3. The faculty of sight; eyesight:

  • Go to "vision" definitions

  1. The mystical experience of seeing something that is not in fact present to the eye or is supernatural.
  2. Unusual competence in discernment or perception; intelligent foresight:
  3. The faculty of sight; eyesight:

  • Go to "vision" definitions
• reverie

  1. A dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream
  2. Dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming
  3. An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.

  • Go to "reverie" definitions

  1. A dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream
  2. Dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming
  3. An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.

  • Go to "reverie" definitions
• phantasma

  1. Alternative form of phantasm.

  • Go to "phantasma" definitions

  1. Alternative form of phantasm.

  • Go to "phantasma" definitions
• illusion

  1. A fine transparent net fabric, used for dresses or trimmings.
  2. Something that is erroneously perceived or construed:
  3. A trick, as one designed or performed by a stage magician, appearing to defy ordinary physical laws

  • Go to "illusion" definitions

  1. A fine transparent net fabric, used for dresses or trimmings.
  2. Something that is erroneously perceived or construed:
  3. A trick, as one designed or performed by a stage magician, appearing to defy ordinary physical laws

  • Go to "illusion" definitions
• figment

  1. Something invented, made up, or fabricated:

  • Go to "figment" definitions

  1. Something invented, made up, or fabricated:

  • Go to "figment" definitions
• fiction

  1. The category of literature, drama, film, or other creative work whose content is imagined and is not necessarily based on fact.
  2. Something accepted as fact for the sake of convenience, although not necessarily true
  3. Narrative, explanatory material, or belief that is not true or has been imagined or fabricated:

  • Go to "fiction" definitions

  1. The category of literature, drama, film, or other creative work whose content is imagined and is not necessarily based on fact.
  2. Something accepted as fact for the sake of convenience, although not necessarily true
  3. Narrative, explanatory material, or belief that is not true or has been imagined or fabricated:

  • Go to "fiction" definitions
• fantasy

  1. An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need.
  2. (Music) A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.
  3. A genre of fiction or other artistic work characterized by fanciful or supernatural elements.

  • Go to "fantasy" definitions

  1. An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need.
  2. (Music) A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.
  3. A genre of fiction or other artistic work characterized by fanciful or supernatural elements.

  • Go to "fantasy" definitions
• fancy

  1. The mental faculty through which whims, visions, and fantasies are summoned up; imagination, especially of a whimsical or fantastic nature.
  2. The enthusiasts or fans of a sport or pursuit considered as a group.
  3. (Rare) Critical taste or judgment in art, dress, etc.

  • Go to "fancy" definitions

  1. The mental faculty through which whims, visions, and fantasies are summoned up; imagination, especially of a whimsical or fantastic nature.
  2. The enthusiasts or fans of a sport or pursuit considered as a group.
  3. (Rare) Critical taste or judgment in art, dress, etc.

  • Go to "fancy" definitions
• dream

  1. A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
  2. (Informal) One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful:
  3. A wild fancy or unrealistic hope:

  • Go to "dream" definitions

  1. A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
  2. (Informal) One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful:
  3. A wild fancy or unrealistic hope:

  • Go to "dream" definitions
• daydream

  1. A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
  2. A pleasant, dreamlike thinking or wishing; reverie
  3. A dreamlike musing or fantasy while awake, especially of the fulfillment of wishes or hopes.

  • Go to "daydream" definitions

  1. A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
  2. A pleasant, dreamlike thinking or wishing; reverie
  3. A dreamlike musing or fantasy while awake, especially of the fulfillment of wishes or hopes.

  • Go to "daydream" definitions

An erroneous perception of reality

• will-o'-the-wisp

  1. Alternative spelling of will o' the wisp.
  2. (Idiomatic, British folklore) A strange light that attracts travellers from pathways into dangerous marshes or graveyards.
  3. Any hope or goal that leads one on but is impossible to reach

  • Go to "will-o'-the-wisp" definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of will o' the wisp.
  2. (Idiomatic, British folklore) A strange light that attracts travellers from pathways into dangerous marshes or graveyards.
  3. Any hope or goal that leads one on but is impossible to reach

  • Go to "will-o'-the-wisp" definitions
• phantasma

  1. Alternative form of phantasm.

  • Go to "phantasma" definitions

  1. Alternative form of phantasm.

  • Go to "phantasma" definitions
• mirage

  1. An optical illusion in which the image of a distant object, as a ship or an oasis, is made to appear nearby, floating in air, inverted, etc.: it is caused by the refraction of light rays from the object through layers of air having different densities as the result of unequal temperature distributions
  2. An optical phenomenon that creates the illusion of water, often with inverted reflections of distant objects, and results from distortion of light by alternate layers of hot and cool air.
  3. (Figuratively) An illusion.

  • Go to "mirage" definitions

  1. An optical illusion in which the image of a distant object, as a ship or an oasis, is made to appear nearby, floating in air, inverted, etc.: it is caused by the refraction of light rays from the object through layers of air having different densities as the result of unequal temperature distributions
  2. An optical phenomenon that creates the illusion of water, often with inverted reflections of distant objects, and results from distortion of light by alternate layers of hot and cool air.
  3. (Figuratively) An illusion.

  • Go to "mirage" definitions
• illusion

  1. An erroneous perception of reality:
  2. Something that is erroneously perceived or construed:
  3. The misleading image resulting in such a false impression

  • Go to "illusion" definitions

  1. An erroneous perception of reality:
  2. Something that is erroneously perceived or construed:
  3. The misleading image resulting in such a false impression

  • Go to "illusion" definitions
• ignis fatuus

  1. A deceptive hope, goal, or influence; delusion
  2. A light seen at night moving over swamps or marshy places, believed to be caused by the combustion of gases arising from decaying organic matter
  3. Something that misleads or deludes; an illusion.

  • Go to "ignis fatuus" definitions

  1. A deceptive hope, goal, or influence; delusion
  2. A light seen at night moving over swamps or marshy places, believed to be caused by the combustion of gases arising from decaying organic matter
  3. Something that misleads or deludes; an illusion.

  • Go to "ignis fatuus" definitions
• hallucination

  1. A false or mistaken idea.
  2. The apparent perception of sights, sounds, etc. that are not actually present: it may occur in certain mental disorders
  3. Perception of visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory experiences without an external stimulus and with a compelling sense of their reality, usually resulting from a mental disorder or as a response to a drug.

  • Go to "hallucination" definitions

  1. A false or mistaken idea.
  2. The apparent perception of sights, sounds, etc. that are not actually present: it may occur in certain mental disorders
  3. Perception of visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory experiences without an external stimulus and with a compelling sense of their reality, usually resulting from a mental disorder or as a response to a drug.

  • Go to "hallucination" definitions
• delusion

  1. A false belief or opinion:
  2. A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
  3. (Psychiatry) A false, persistent belief maintained in spite of evidence to the contrary

  • Go to "delusion" definitions

  1. A false belief or opinion:
  2. A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
  3. (Psychiatry) A false, persistent belief maintained in spite of evidence to the contrary

  • Go to "delusion" definitions