Ghost

In general, ghosts symbolize aspects of yourself that you fear. This may involve a painful memory, guilt, or some repressed thoughts. You may be afraid of death and dying.

Alternatively, ghosts are representative of something that is no longer obtainable or within reach. It indicates a feeling of disconnection from life and society. This dream may be a calling for you to move on and abandon your outdated modes of thinking and behavior.

To see the ghost of a living relative or friend in your dream, signifies that you are in danger of malicious acts by that person.

To see the ghost of a dead friend/relative in your dream, suggests guilt and regrets concerning the past relationships with that particular person.

Dictionary definition

n. 1: a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" [syn: ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre]
2: a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else [syn: ghostwriter, ghost]
3: the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
4: a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face" [syn: touch, trace, ghost]
v. 1: move like a ghost; "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard"
2: haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her" [syn: haunt, obsess, ghost]
3: write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?" [syn: ghost, ghostwrite]