'Ghoul' definitions:
Definition of 'ghoul'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection [syn: graverobber, ghoul, body snatcher]
noun
An evil spirit or ghost
Definition of 'Ghoul'
From: GCIDE
- Ghoul \Ghoul\ (g[=oo]l), n. [Per. gh[=o]l an imaginary sylvan demon, supposed to devour men and animals: cf. Ar. gh[=u]l, F. goule.] An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies. [Written also ghole .] --Moore. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ghoul'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afreet,
- ape-man,
- Baba Yaga,
- barghest,
- body snatcher,
- bogey,
- bogeyman,
- booster,
- bugaboo,
- bugbear,
- cacodemon,
- chicken thief,
- con man,
- crook,
- daeva,
- demon,
- den of thieves,
- devil,
- devil incarnate,
- Dracula,
- dybbuk,
- embezzler,
- evil genius,
- evil spirit,
- fee-faw-fum,
- fiend,
- fiend from hell,
- filcher,
- Frankenstein,
- frightener,
- ganef,
- genie,
- genius,
- ghost,
- grafter,
- grave robber,
- gyre,
- harpy,
- hellhound,
- hellion,
- hellkite,
- hobgoblin,
- holy terror,
- horror,
- incubus,
- jewel thief,
- jinni,
- jinniyeh,
- lamia,
- land pirate,
- land shark,
- land-grabber,
- larcener,
- larcenist,
- lifter,
- Lilith,
- monster,
- nightmare,
- ogre,
- ogress,
- peculator,
- petty thief,
- phantom,
- pilferer,
- poacher,
- prowler,
- purloiner,
- rakshasa,
- revenant,
- robber,
- satan,
- scarebabe,
- scarecrow,
- scarer,
- scrounger,
- shedu,
- shoplifter,
- sneak thief,
- specter,
- stealer,
- succubus,
- swindler,
- terror,
- the undead,
- thief,
- vampire,
- werewolf,
- white-collar thief,
- Wolf-man,
- yogini