Synonyms for revenant
Definitions
- n. 1
Someone who returns from a long absence.
The undergraduates, our fogey revenant observes, look much as they did.., in outward aspect.
- n. 2
A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.
Forms
- Plural
- revenants → ghosts, spectres, spirits, apparitions…
Example sentences
- ghost Have Tom and Mary ever told you any ghost stories?
- spectre A spectre haunts Europe: the spectre of communism.
- apparition Dreadful apparition, why do you trouble me?
- prodigal The prodigal son returned home.
- phoenix They rise like the phoenix, stronger with each challenge.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| revenant | rising | |
| ghost | rising | |
| spectre | steady | |
| apparition | rising | |
| prodigal | rising | |
| returner | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- ghost1
- 6 letters
- spirit2
- 7 letters
- phoenix2, spectre2, specter2
- 8 letters
- prodigal3, returner
- 10 letters
- apparition4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (spirit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- revenant