Poltergeist

Noun

 * 1) An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.

Derived terms

 * poltergeistic
 * poltergeistism

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:ghost

Thesaurus
Dingbelle, Fifinella, Hob, Hobgoblin, Masan, Ouija, Puck, apparition, appearance, astral, astral spirit, automatic writing, automatism, bad fairy, bad peri, banshee, control, departed spirit, deviling, devilkin, diablotin, disembodied spirit, duppy, dybbuk, eidolon, elf, erlking, form, ghost, grateful dead, gremlin, guide, hant, haunt, idolum, immateriality, imp, incorporeal, incorporeal being, incorporeity, kobold, larva, lemures, levitation, little devil, manes, materialization, oni, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, pixie, planchette, poltergeistism, presence, psychography, psychorrhagy, puck, revenant, shade, shadow, shape, shrouded spirit, specter, spectral ghost, spirit, spirit manifestation, spirit rapping, spook, sprite, table tipping, telekinesis, teleportation, telesthesia, theophany, tokoloshe, trance speaking, unsubstantiality, vision, walking dead man, wandering soul, wraith, young devil, zombie

Etymology
From Polter: + Geist:.

Translations

 * Arabic: روح شريرة
 * Bulgarian: полтъргайст
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 騷靈現象, 骚灵现象,  騷靈,  骚灵
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: პოლტერგეისტი
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ポルターガイスト現象, ポルターガイスト
 * Korean: 폴터가이스트
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: poltergeistas
 * Norwegian:, bankeånd
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: yêu tinh