GHOSTS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else

Part of speech: Noun

a mental representation of some haunting experience

Example: he looked like he had seen a ghost; it aroused specters from his past

Part of speech: Noun

a suggestion of some quality

Example: there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone; he detected a ghost of a smile on her face

Part of speech: Noun

the visible disembodied soul of a dead person

Part of speech: Verb

write for someone else

Example: How many books have you ghostwritten so far?

Part of speech: Verb

haunt like a ghost

Example: pursue; Fear of illness haunts her

Part of speech: Verb

move like a ghost

Example: The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard