Fiend and Ghost

Fiend

Fiend noun - An evil spirit.

Usage example: the legend that a fiend continues to haunt what was once the castle's torture chamber

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Ghost and fiend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ghost" instead a noun "Fiend".

Nearby Word: fiendish

Ghost noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.

Usage example: looked for ghosts in the graveyard on Halloween

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Fiend and ghost are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fiend" instead a noun "Ghost".

Nearby Words: ghostly, ghosted, ghosting

good	good fiend	good ghost
female	female fiend	female ghost
particular	particular fiend	particular ghost
alien	alien fiend	alien ghost
Other adjectives: half, powerful, evil, bad, cute, new, skeletal, said, giant, resident, terrifying, undead.

Dark Is Not Evil: For people who traditionally fit the villain mold (Black Cloak, vampire, ghost, fiend) the main characters are awfully nice individuals.

Source: Webcomic / anti-HEROES
Facial Horror: The tall, long-haired ghost (simply credited as Long Haired Fiend) that appears several times throughout the first film.

Source: Film / Insidious
Princess Emeraude of the Country of Jade is remembered as a fiend who kidnapped children by luring them away to her castle with the power of one of Sakura's feathers, and the townsfolk believe her ghost is at it again when local children start going missing.

Source: Historical Villain Upgrade

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