friendly ghost
Welcoming apparition type
A friendly ghost is a spirit of the dead imagined as benevolent rather than frightening—helpful or harmless instead of haunting.
The phrase evokes children's entertainment, particularly Casper the Friendly Ghost, a cartoon character who just wanted friends despite being a specter.
Someone called a friendly ghost might be a quiet, unobtrusive presence: He moved through the office like a friendly ghost, never bothering anyone.
- CasperNorth Platte settlement
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- benevolentDesiring others' welfare
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
bedtime story · haunted house · ethereal · translucent · sheet · boo · spooky · gentle · playful · phantom · supernatural · floating · invisible · white sheet · whimsical · childlike · afterlife · séance
- ghostsapparitions, apparition, phantoms, specter, specters
- Bedtime CharactersSandman, boogeyman, monster under bed, closet monster, counting sheep
friendly ghostevil spirit
Malevolent supernatural being
vengeful ghost · poltergeist · demon · demonic possession · wraith
friendly, ghost, friend, friends, friendship, friendships, friendless, friendliness, unfriendly