bogey | Definition of bogey

Synonyms and Antonyms of bogey

1 something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason

math and math tests have long been bogeys for many students

Synonyms of bogey

bête noire, black beast, bugaboo, bugbear, dread, hobgoblin, ogre

Words Related to bogey

apparition, ghost, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, wraith

banshee, bogeyman (also bogyman), demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp, incubus

fright, horrible, horror, monster, monstrosity, terror

bane, curse, enemy, plague, scourge, torment

abomination, anathema

2 the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people

the child believed bogeys lived in the closet

Synonyms of bogey

apparition, familiar spirit, ghost, hant [dialect], haunt [chiefly dialect], materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith

Words Related to bogey

angel, daimon, familiar, genie, genius, jinni (or jinn), shaitan

double, doppelgänger (or doppelganger), fetch

incubus, lamia, succubus, vampire, zombie (also zombi)

cacodemon, demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp