Synonyms for spooky

Most common

skittish · flighty · eerie · ghostly · spoopy

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.

2. adj. 2

   Spooked; afraid; frightened.

Related words

Word family

spookily spookiness spoopy

Example sentences

• skittish Are you always so skittish when meeting strangers?
• flighty Tom is flighty when it comes to projects.
• eerie The eerie silence struck terror into their hearts.
• ghostly Tobias doesn't believe in ghostly hitchhikers.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

weird¹, eerie², aerie²

6 letters

spoopy

7 letters

nervous², ghostly², flighty²

8 letters

skittish², eldritch²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (eerie² = 2 syllables).