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Synonyms for wraithlike

  • adjective

Most common

shadowy ghostly phantasmal

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Resembling a wraith; ghostly.

Example sentences

  • shadowy Kalman saw a shadowy figure lurking in the dark.
  • ghostly Tobias doesn't believe in ghostly hitchhikers.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
wraithlikerising
shadowyrising
ghostlyrising
phantasmalrising

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

By length

7 letters
shadowy3, ghostly2
10 letters
phantasmal

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shadowy3 = 3 syllables).