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Synonyms

dress, garb, guise, outfit—more at OUTFIT

gew·gaw noun : a showy trifle : BAUBLE, TRINKET

Synonyms

bauble, curiosity, knickknack, novelty, ornamental, trinket—more at KNICKKNACK

gey·ser noun [ORIGIN: Icelandic Geysir, hot spring in Iceland]

: a spring that intermittently shoots up hot water and steam

g–force noun : the force of gravity or acceleration on a body

Gha·na·ian noun : a native or inhabitant of Ghana

— Ghanaian adjective

ghast·ly adjective ghast·li·er; -est 1 : terrifyingly horrible to the senses : SHOCKING

2 : resembling a ghost : DEATHLIKE, PALE

Synonyms

appalling, atrocious, awful, dreadful, frightful, horrible, horrid, nightmarish, shocking, terrible—more at HORRIBLE

ghat noun [ORIGIN: Hindi & Urdu ghāṭ]

: a broad flight of steps on an Indian riverbank that provides access to the water

gher·kin noun 1 : a small prickly fruit of a vine related to the cucumber used to make pickles

2 : an immature cucumber

ghet·to noun, plural ghettos or ghettoes : a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure

1ghost noun 1 : the seat of life : SOUL

2 : a disembodied soul; especially : the soul of a dead person believed to be an inhabitant of the unseen world or to appear in bodily form to living people

3 : SPIRIT, DEMON

4 : a faint trace

5 : a false image in a photographic negative or on a television screen

— ghost·ly adverb

Synonyms

apparition, bogey, phantasm, phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, spook, vision, wraith; also banshee, demon, familiar, genie, imp, incubus, puck; vampire, zombie

2ghost verb : GHOSTWRITE

ghost·write verb -wrote ; -writ·ten : to write for and in the name of another

— ghost·writ·er noun

ghoul noun [ORIGIN: Ar ghūl]

: a legendary evil being that robs graves and feeds on corpses

— ghoul·ish adjective

Synonyms

demon, devil, fiend, imp—more at DEMON

GHQ abbreviation general headquarters

gi abbreviation gill

1GI adjective [ORIGIN: galvanized iron; fr. abbr. used in listing such articles as garbage cans, but taken as abbr. for government issue]

1 : provided by an official U.S. military supply department <~ shoes>

2 : of, relating to, or characteristic of U.S. military personnel

3 : conforming to military regulations or customs

2GI noun, plural GIs or GI's : a member or former member of the U.S. armed forces; especially : an enlisted man

3GI abbreviation 1 galvanized iron

2 gastrointestinal

3 general issue

4 government issue

1giant noun 1 : a legendary humanlike being of great size and strength

2 : a living being or thing of extraordinary size or powers

Synonyms

behemoth, blockbuster, colossus, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monster, titan, whale, whopper; also amazon; bulk, hulk; heavyweight

Antonyms

dwarf, midget, mini, miniature, peewee, pygmy, runt, shrimp

2giant adjective : having extremely large size, proportion, or power

Synonyms

astronomical, colossal, enormous, gigantic, grand, huge, jumbo, mammoth, massive, monumental, prodigious, titanic, tremendous—more at HUGE

gi·ant·ess noun : a female giant

giant panda noun : PANDA 2

gib·ber verb : to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and often foolishly

Synonyms

babble, chatter, drivel, gabble, jabber, prattle, sputter—more at BABBLE

gib·ber·ish noun : unintelligible or confused speech or language

Synonyms

babble, bunk, claptrap, drivel, gabble, gobbledygook, hogwash, nonsense, piffle, prattle, rot; also abracadabra; chatter, clatter, gab, gibber, prate, tattle, twaddle; double-talk, hocus-pocus, jive; hot air, gas, wind

1gibbet noun : GALLOWS

2gibbet verb 1 : to hang on a gibbet

2 : to expose to public scorn

3 : to execute by hanging

gib·bon noun : any of several tailless apes of southeastern Asia

gib·bous adjective 1 : rounded like the exterior of a sphere or circle

2 : seen with more than half but not all of the apparent disk illuminated <~ moon>

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