Synonyms for wraith
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death.
Forms
- Plural
- wraiths → spectres, ghosts, apparitions, spooks…
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?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| wraith | rising | |
| ghost | rising | |
| spectre | steady | |
| spook | rising | |
| apparition | rising | |
| wight | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- ghost1, shade1, wight1, spook1
- 6 letters
- vision2, sprite1
- 7 letters
- phantom2, spectre2, specter2
- 8 letters
- phantasm3
- 10 letters
- apparition4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vision2 = 2 syllables).