BOOGEYMAN Synonyms

• an imaginary monster used to frighten children

• an object of dread or apprehension

• an evil supernatural being

• a cruel wicked and inhuman person

• someone extremely diligent or skillful

• a cruel wicked and inhuman person

• an evil supernatural being

• a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)

• a mental representation of some haunting experience

• a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else

• the visible disembodied soul of a dead person

• a suggestion of some quality

• move like a ghost

• haunt like a ghost; pursue

• write for someone else

• (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings

• an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts

• someone that is abnormally large and powerful

• a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

• a cruel wicked and inhuman person

• (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus

• a situation resembling a terrifying dream

• a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream

• a cruel wicked and inhuman person

• (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings

• a ghostly appearing figure

• something existing in perception only

• something apparently sensed but having no physical reality

• an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds

• a mental representation of some haunting experience

• a ghostly appearing figure

• a spirit tending to cause harm

• an imaginary monster used to frighten children

• a source of concern