ghostlike

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adjective

Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.

Similar
apparitionalghostlyphantasmalspectralspiritualsupernatural
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English ghost →
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Meanings

adjectiveghostlike (comparative more ghostlike, superlative most ghostlike)

comparative more ghostlike · superlative most ghostlike

  1. Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveresembling or characteristic of a phantom

Similar
apparitionalghostlyphantasmalspectralspiritualsupernatural
Also see
apparitionalghostlyphantasmalspectralspiritualsupernatural

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishghost
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishghostlike

From ghost + -like.

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APA

ghostlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghostlike

MLA

“ghostlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghostlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ghostlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghostlike.

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